Quanta Building MIT's $100 Laptops (eWeek) [LWN.net]

Quanta Building MIT's $100 Laptops (eWeek)

Posted Dec 16, 2005 8:00 UTC (Fri) by irios (guest, #19838)
In reply to: Quanta Building MIT's $100 Laptops (eWeek) by dlang
Parent article: Quanta Building MIT's $100 Laptops (eWeek)

They will all have WiFi, in some sort of self-weaving ad-hoc mode that does not require access points or manual configuration.

(Log in to post comments)

Quanta Building MIT's $100 Laptops (eWeek)

Posted Dec 16, 2005 11:55 UTC (Fri) by dlang (subscriber, #313) [Link]

they will have some form of wireless networking as you describe, but will it be 802.11 based (as implied by the term WiFi) or something else?

going with 802.11 has the advantage of interoperability with othe systems (but how you get the self-weaving ad-hoc mode without conflicting with other uses of 802.11 and being able to interoperate with them is tricky)

going with something else could still result in interoperability if there are access points available (just like you can use bluetooth to connect to a cell phone, you could have a cheap box that is a gateway to a landline, or satellite phone. you only need one per community for everyone to share)