[Sugar-devel] A network question

[James Cameron]

On Fri, Nov 11, 2011 at 02:54:33PM +1000, Peter Hewitt wrote:
> One further piece of info before answering your questions:
> 
> ifconfig on B has NO "inet addr" line - otherwise appears ok (apart
> from the previously mention lack of an eth0 entry).
> 
> At 02:34 PM 11/11/2011, James Cameron wrote:
> >I'm presuming identical result to that seen before, as opposed to
> >identical result between the two XO-1s?  It's important.
> 
> I'm not sure what you're asking here. I should emphasize that I have
> no "access point" - just 2 XOs.

In that case the results of "test /wlan" or "scan-wifi" will depend on
whether the other XO is running an ad-hoc network, and on any other
access points in your general vicinity ... 150m built-up area, 300m open
area, 2km if on top of a mountain.

> If I keep repeating the "test /wlan" command on either machine (both
> at the ok prompt), the RSSI number keeps changing and the number of
> results can be 1, 2 or 3.

Now that I know you don't have an access point, the "test /wlan" output
text is not particularly useful, except to prove that both units can
receive broadcasts from either your other unit running ad-hoc, or other
people's access points.

> >ok scan-wifi
> >ok dev /wlan
> >ok .properties
> 
> Both XOs produce a sensible mac-address.

Good, that excludes USB problems.

Nothing wrong with the hardware.  This must be a software problem.

Boot to Sugar, press F3, right-click on the centre icon, select My
Settings, then Network, and make sure the Radio checkbox has a tick in
it.

Feel free also to "Discard network history" on that screen.

Then, press F1, and on both laptops click on "Ad-hoc Network 1", then
wait.  Shortly, icons for the other XO should appear on each XO.

-- 
James Cameron
http://quozl.linux.org.au/