Another small data point:<br><br>I just tried with a brand new Linksys 5-port Workgroup Switch cabled to an Intel Classmate 2 and Asus EeePC 701 running Sugar Strawberry from USB flash drives. There were no other connections to the hub, and I did not connect to wifi. I shared Write and Chat from the EeePC, but the shared activities did not come up on the Neighborhood view of the Classmate. Repeating same from the Classmate, showed nothing on the EeePC.<br><br>Connecting to my open wifi access point, the EeePC linked to the jabber server and I saw a lot of people in the neighborhood view. The Classmate 2 did not connect to the Jabber server, nor could it see my shared sessions of Write and Chat. Both laptops, however, could surf the web via Browse.<br> <br>I have not tried all the diagnostics suggested earlier in this thread but will attempt some of them.<br><font color="#888888"> <br>Mike<br><br></font><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Sun, Aug 2, 2009 at 9:16 PM, Caroline Meeks <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:caroline@solutiongrove.com">caroline@solutiongrove.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;"> Please point me to the documentation a sysadmin would need to read to know how to set up local collaboration and how it works.<div><br></div><div>Thanks,</div><div>Caroline<div><div></div><div class="h5"><br><br><div class="gmail_quote"> On Sun, Aug 2, 2009 at 12:25 PM, Tomeu Vizoso <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:tomeu@sugarlabs.org" target="_blank">tomeu@sugarlabs.org</a>></span> wrote:<br> <blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">[re-adding sugar-devel to CC]<br> <div><br> On Sun, Aug 2, 2009 at 17:09, Caroline Meeks<<a href="mailto:caroline@solutiongrove.com" target="_blank">caroline@solutiongrove.com</a>> wrote:<br> > Hi,<br> </div><div>> I think anyone with 3 computers, 3 sticks and a cheap hub could try to<br> > replicate. no need to be local.<br> <br> </div>Why do you think that any computers and any cheap hub will display the<br> same behavior? Collaboration on link-local (server-less) works for me<br> always on the limited networking setups I have available.<br> <div><br> > I bought the 5 port version of this:<br> > <a href="http://www.netgear.com/Products/Switches/DesktopSwitches/FS605.aspx" target="_blank">http://www.netgear.com/Products/Switches/DesktopSwitches/FS605.aspx</a><br> <br> </div>Even if it's the same product from the marketing POV, differences on<br> the parts, firmware and configuration can cause link-local<br> communication work or not work.<br> <br> Without a local person who can use the same equipment you use, I don't<br> know how we are going to be able to help you with this, even if we buy<br> what we think is the same equipment.<br> <div><br> > I was not connected to the internet. My use case is classrooms and booths<br> > where no wired internet access is available but we want to allow people to<br> > collaborate locally.<br> <br> </div>This requires that the computers involved are in the same link-local<br> segment. Do you know if that setup fulfils this requirement?<br> <br> Regards,<br> <font color="#888888"><br> Tomeu<br> </font><div><div></div><div><br> > Thanks,<br> > Caroline<br> ><br> ><br> > On Sun, Aug 2, 2009 at 10:08 AM, Tomeu Vizoso <<a href="mailto:tomeu@sugarlabs.org" target="_blank">tomeu@sugarlabs.org</a>> wrote:<br> >><br> >> On Sun, Aug 2, 2009 at 16:05, Caroline Meeks<<a href="mailto:caroline@solutiongrove.com" target="_blank">caroline@solutiongrove.com</a>><br> >> wrote:<br> >> > Hi,<br> >> > This is an important priority for GPA for Sept. Its also something we<br> >> > want<br> >> > to work for conferences and expos where we demo. Any ideas?<br> >> > For the GPA School I would like to set up 4-6 computers in the back of<br> >> > classrooms. We may well not have internet to the classroom so I'd like<br> >> > the<br> >> > cluster to collaborate locally with each other.<br> >> ><br> >> > I tested this at an Expo I went to recently. I had 4 laptop and I<br> >> > connected them with ethernet cable to a netgear ethernet switch. They<br> >> > did<br> >> > not see each other :(<br> >> ><br> >> > How can I make this work?<br> >><br> >> We need someone with enough technical knowledge to communicate and<br> >> help with debugging. Do you have someone with such profile near you we<br> >> can work with?<br> >><br> >> Regards,<br> >><br> >> Tomeu<br> >><br> >> > --<br> >> > Caroline Meeks<br> >> > Solution Grove<br> >> > Caroline@SolutionGrove.com<br> >> ><br> >> > 617-500-3488 - Office<br> >> > 505-213-3268 - Fax<br> >> ><br> >> > _______________________________________________<br> >> > Sugar-devel mailing list<br> >> > <a href="mailto:Sugar-devel@lists.sugarlabs.org" target="_blank">Sugar-devel@lists.sugarlabs.org</a><br> >> > <a href="http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/sugar-devel" target="_blank">http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/sugar-devel</a><br> >> ><br> >> ><br> ><br> ><br> ><br> > --<br> > Caroline Meeks<br> > Solution Grove<br> > Caroline@SolutionGrove.com<br> ><br> > 617-500-3488 - Office<br> > 505-213-3268 - Fax<br> ><br> </div></div></blockquote></div><br><br clear="all"><br></div></div>-- <br><div class="im">Caroline Meeks<br>Solution Grove<br>Caroline@SolutionGrove.com<br><br>617-500-3488 - Office<br>505-213-3268 - Fax<br> </div></div> <br>_______________________________________________<br> Sugar-devel mailing list<br> <a href="mailto:Sugar-devel@lists.sugarlabs.org">Sugar-devel@lists.sugarlabs.org</a><br> <a href="http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/sugar-devel" target="_blank">http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/sugar-devel</a><br> <br></blockquote></div><br>