Oh I see, what I called the ‘network scope’ is actually the neighborhood view.
I read the WiFi Connectivity FAQ on the OLPC wiki. They recommend setting the channel to 1.
I change the channel of my wireless access point to 1. Then I try pressing ‘OK’ on the “Wireless Key Required” dialogue. I wait a bit for some kind of response from the system but nothing happens.
I would really like to get the wireless up on here so I can connect to my OLPC server. I have seen some talk suggesting the OLPC can be connected to via the mesh networking capabilities of the OLPC. Currently, I’m running it as a VM on my laptop. I suspect doing so prevents the mesh networking capabilities from working. I might have to see if I can scrounge up another machine to run it on.
To make life simpler I disconnected my wireless encryption. I’m hoping this will help me to provide a baseline. I am attempting to connect to my wireless access point again from the OLPC.
I start out by leaving the neighborhood view then returning back to it. When I get back into it I find all of the previous circles representing nearby wireless access points have disappeared. There are now only three circles: Mesh Network 1, Mesh Network 11 and Mesh Network 6. If I remember correctly from reading the OLPC wireless page, the OLPC first attempts to find a nearby mesh network before looking for wireless access points. It’s only able to operate in either mesh or standard wireless so it has to dedicate time to each when performing discovery.
My wireless access point now appears as a full red circle with a purple border. There is no longer a white lock on a black square in the lower right hand corner of the circle. I clicked on the circle and it began blinking. Then after a couple seconds it is about 80% full and the purple is now filled with white and the purple border has been replaced with thin red borders.
I open the browser to verify the internet is working. I’m able to perform a simple google search for the word “test”, most excellent.
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