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:1-)You should see 3 circles with a filling:
 
:1-)You should see 3 circles with a filling:
 
::Circle with a dot;Circle with a dot and underscore;Circle with a dot and 2 underscores.
 
::Circle with a dot;Circle with a dot and underscore;Circle with a dot and 2 underscores.
::These are Mesh connections
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::These are Ad-Hoc connections. They
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;; They let sugar connect users locally with no Internet Connection
 
*There should be other unfilled colored circles (with or without a lock symbol)
 
*There should be other unfilled colored circles (with or without a lock symbol)
 
:These are Wireless Access Points
 
:These are Wireless Access Points

Revision as of 00:52, 8 December 2011

Introduction to the Sugar Interface Downloads Drag-Drop from 2nd USB
  • Boot your Sugar on a Stick (SoaS); Sugar-emulator; Sugar-Desktop; or XO-1-1.5
  • Hit F1 key and you switch to the Jabber Network Neighborhood View

Screenshot of f1 Network-Neighborhood on jabber.png

You are the XO in the center.
Hover on it and the same drop-down menu will appear as in f3
All the other XO figures are other users on the jabber network
  • Sugar uses 3 classes of connections:
1-)You should see 3 circles with a filling:
Circle with a dot;Circle with a dot and underscore;Circle with a dot and 2 underscores.
These are Ad-Hoc connections. They
They let sugar connect users locally with no Internet Connection
  • There should be other unfilled colored circles (with or without a lock symbol)
These are Wireless Access Points
  • You are connected to the circle with a ( O ) marking (RED in this Screen-Shot)
  • You can click on any of these circles and sugar will try to connect to it.
These will be missing if there is now working wireless Hardware in your equipment

3-)If you have a cat-5 wired network connection

you will be automatically connected to the internet
There will be no indication of this connection from Network Manager.
  • hit f3 and return to the main screen