Re: [Sugar-devel] Sugar + OLPC mesh network selection logic

[Gary C Martin <gary garycmartin com>]

On 22 Jun 2009, at 15:44, Benjamin M. Schwartz wrote:

> Tomeu Vizoso wrote:
> > 2009/6/10 Benjamin M. Schwartz <bmschwar fas harvard edu>:
> > > Daniel Drake wrote:
> > > > And now the logic I want to implement, which is similar to that in
> > > > previous OLPC OS releases:
> > > > - First, attempt to connect to any known access points that are  
> > > > in range
> > > > using saved credentials. Always prefer known APs to mesh.
> > > > - As a fallback if those APs fail, or if no APs are available or if
> > > > we've never connected to any (e.g. on first boot), try the mesh.
> > > I'm not quite clear on your exact intention here.  I'd just like to
> > > suggest that unknown unencrypted infrastructure APs get higher  
> > > priority
> > > than mesh.
> >
> > Even if the user never connected to that AP before?
>
> Yes.  I suspect that even the pay-for-access APs in internet cafes and
> airports still allow link-local connections for free, and it will  
> likely
> be much faster than the mesh.  It also provides the best chance of  
> getting
> an internet connection.

I'm not sure that was quite the question. Should Sugar automatically  
attach to a public AP even though it has never been manually attached  
to that AP before? I'd say a bug **NO** to that one. Sure  
automatically create link-local connections if no know AP is found.  
But, auto attach to any old public AP with no prior user selection?  
That's just asking for trouble...

Regard,
-Gary

> --Ben
>
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