[WLANware] [wsfii-discuss] OLPC - Factfile: XO laptop

[L. Aaron Kaplan]

On Oct 5, 2009, at 11:07 PM, Marten Vijn wrote:

> On Mon, 2007-07-23 at 17:18 +0100, Rob Dyke wrote:
>> See http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/6679431.stm for an  
>> accessible
>> (non-ultra-geek) Factfile on the XO
>>
>> Especially interesting is the info on network connectivity: " Using
>> standard wireless protocols, the laptops are automatically able to  
>> form
>> a "mesh network" where each machine acts as both laptop and router,  
>> able
>> to pass information between computers."
>
> Well the XO's do have a no-standardized, closed source mesh.
>
> IMHO more promising are 11s for linux and FreeBSD. Net FreeBSD
> (currently 8.0 RC-1) release ship 802.11s

yes, with a whopping maximum of 32 nodes (as defined by the 80211s  
draft).

We can already do more in freifunk/funkfeuer both on layer 3 and layer  
2 meshing.


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