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::Mesh Networking: (Re: [Testing] [OLPC New Zealand] os873 on XO-1.5 and os873 on XO-1 -07/15/2011) testing@lists.laptop.org 07/18/2011
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XO-1.5's do not have Mesh networking support, so they use 802.11 Ad-hoc
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networks.  XO-1's default to Mesh networks at the moment for compatibility,
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because that is what they historically have done.
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Once an XO-1.5 starts an Ad-hoc network, the XO-1's will spot that network
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within a minute or two, and use the same Mayan numeral as the XO-1.5 to
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indicate its presence.  If all the XOs leave an Ad-hoc network it
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disappears; but Network Manager/Sugar cache its presence for a while in case
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a scan accidentally missed a network.
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When an XO-1 sees an Ad-hoc networks they are all filled in as "occupied",
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because an XO-1 does not show the unfilled variants to allow an XO-1 to
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start them.
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This behavior has been around since OLPC build 10.1.3 (860) & Sugar 0.90,
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and is described at http://wiki.sugarlabs.org/go/Features/Ad_hoc_Networking
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I believe XO-1's can be adjusted to default to Ad-hoc as well if desired
 
:http://wiki.laptop.org/go/OS_images
 
:http://wiki.laptop.org/go/OS_images
 
:http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Release_notes/10.1.3
 
:http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Release_notes/10.1.3
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