Re: Network manager and 802.11s

[Keir <keirlawson gmail com>]

I sent an email out on the OLPC networking list, but received no
reply, does anyone know who it was that implemented mesh support for
the OLPC?

Cheers

Keir

2008/8/27 Aaron Konstam <akonstam sbcglobal net>:
> On Wed, 2008-08-27 at 13:54 +0100, Keir wrote:
>> Hi,
>>
>> I'm an undergraduate student studying Software Engineering, and I'm
>> currently investigating topics for my undergrad dissertation/project.
>> I'm interested in mesh networks and sent a mail out on the Linux
>> wireless list to ask what sort of thing is needing done and would make
>> a good project.  One of the suggestions was adding mesh network
>> support to networkmanager, so that applications can use a high level
>> API to utilise the unique features of such networks and get
>> information as to the stability and other properties of a mesh
>> network.
>>
>> So my question is, is this a sensible project? does it fit within
>> network manager? If not where should I go?
>>
>> Cheers
>>
>> Keir
> I assume that is what is being done in the mesh network supported by the
> operating system sugar on the XO made by OLPC (One Laptop per Child).
>
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