Mesh OLPC Testbed

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Mesh OLPC Testbed

In OLPC's Cambridge lab there is a set of XO laptops dedicated to testing the mesh network. Currently there are 25 laptops and a school server in this testbed. In addition to their mesh network interface, all the laptops are connected to the Internet via a USB ethernet adapter. You can do things like reloading the driver/firmware of the wireless interface, scanning/associating to access points, etc.

A second testbed has also been established in the Boston area for larger scale testing of both collaboration and networking.

The prototype schoolserver has three mesh interfaces, one on each channel the OLPC mesh uses (1, 6, and 11). It acts as a mesh portal point (MPP) on each mesh subnet, routing between them and the Internet. The schoolserver assigns private addresses (172.18.16.0/20,172.18.32.0/20, and 172.18.48.0/20) to the laptops on each mesh subnet using DHCP, and masquerades traffic outgoing from the mesh to the Internet. We ask that you not establish additional MPPs without discussing it first with us. Send mail to wad at laptop dot org or mbletsas at laptop dot org.

Testbed Reservation System

Book exclusive use of the OLPC testbed here.

Procedure:

1. Check/edit this page before beginning to use the OLPC testbed.

2. To reserve, paste the following line at the bottom of the table below:

| --~~~~ || 1 hour || all nodes
|-

3. Edit according to your needs


OLPC Mesh Testbed Reservation Table
who, start time duration number of nodes
--Jcardona 15:31, 7 March 2007 (EST) 5 hours all nodes
--Jcardona 21:50, 7 March 2007 (EST) 48 hours all nodes (working on #1005)
--Jcardona 22:26, 19 March 2007 (EDT) 24 hours all nodes
--Jcardona 17:55, 22 March 2007 (EDT) 2 hour 1 and 2
--Luisca 13:04, 28 March 2007 (EDT) 24 hours all nodes
--Wad 10:26, 12 April 2007 (EDT) 10 hours all nodes
--Wad 22:47, 12 April 2007 (EDT) 4 hours nodes 20 and higher
--Jcardona 22:04, 8 March 2008 (EST) 2 hours meshy1 and 2

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