[unclug] OLPC for the weekend
dsandif
dsandif at email.unc.edu
Wed Jan 9 10:00:43 EST 2008
Or you could just use Wifi-Radar. Many thanks to Kevin Otte for this!
http://wifi-radar.systemimager.org/
D-
Tim Cline wrote:
> My acknowledgement to Uncle Dave Moffat and Alan Hoyle for following info:
>
> To get onto UNC-1:
>
> Register MAC address.
>
> Then
>
> su -
>
> cd /etc/init.d
>
> ./NetworkManager stop
>
> ./network stop
>
> iwconfig eth0 essid "UNC-1" key thehexkey
>
> [Use the UNC-1 key where I wrote "thehexkey"]
>
> /sbin/dhclient -1 eth0
>
> [Dave's notes indicate that "This sequence removes all the hot-spots
> from the Neighborhood view, but UNC-1 shows up on the Home view. When
> you hover over it, or click on it, it will ask you to enter the key
> again. Be sure to specify hex."
>
> For me, I just ran "iwconfig" until the ESSID changed from "" to
> "UNC-1". Note: the hex key is input without the leading zeros; i.e., not
> "010203" but just "123...". Also, the installed browser works, you don't
> have to install Opera. TC]
>
> I have not determined how to restore the original Neighborhood view,
> except to reboot.
>
> David
>
> [Note from alan:
> I haven't tried it, but I suspect the following might work:
>
> go back into the terminal
> $ su -
> # killall dhclient
> # /etc/init.d/network start
> # /etc/init.d/NetworkManager start
> ]
>
>
>
>
> Regards,
> Tim Cline
>
>
>
>
> Douglas A. Whitfield wrote:
>
>> If anybody wants to play with one of the XO OLPCs, I've got one for the
>> weekend!
>>
>> There are a couple things that need to try to happen for the customer
>> here at the Dev Office that bought it - installing Opera and connecting
>> to UNC-1 (or at least determining the MAC address so that it can be
>> registered). I've tried ifconfig and iwconfig, but their version of
>> bash has neither (I tried 'which' on both). Be prepared to see a
>> non-KDE, non-GNOME interface. I'm not sure what the interface is called.
>>
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