[NBLUG/talk] WPA2 with an OLPC laptop?

[Lincoln Peters]

On Sun, Apr 6, 2008 at 5:00 PM, Molly Fisher <molly at fisher-studio.com> wrote:
> Upgrading to a new build is really easy. If you get a developer key,
>  you can use the joyride builds which support WPA and WPA2 already,
>  afaik. Every now and then you'll get an unstable joyride, but they
>  turn out another one really quickly so you won't be stuck for long.
>  Any reflashing back to the old build is just a matter of rebooting
>  with the O game pad button depressed.

What I meant was it may take a while to download the new build...

>
>  You always have your year of T-mobile if you need to get online to
>  upgrade. It's not hard to find open wi-fi with the XO-- from my
>  kitchen I can only see two other networks with my Powerbook, but the
>  XOs can see about six, two of which are not encrypted at all.

True, but I don't want to use my neighbors' Wi-Fi without their permission.

What I'm doing is using another computer (a MacBook Pro) to download
the new build, using my own Internet connection, and then I'll use a
USB drive to transfer it to the XO.  It's downloading right now.


-- 
Lincoln Peters
<anfrind at gmail.com>