[MLB-WIRELESS] Re: IF: Networking for the installfest

[Vaskos Tsiatis]

What networking equipment do we need ?

I can bring a small rack to mount gear in.
I can also bring 1 x 16 port 10/100 switch
and a 32 port 10 baseT hub.

I have a few cat5 cables lying around I can bring.

Vaskos
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Jason King wrote:

> On Thu, 2002-11-14 at 14:35, Andrew Griffiths wrote:
> > Hi all,
>
> Hi wireless people :) <waves>
>
> >
> > For the network at the installfest, this is the general plan (though
> > subject to change).
> >
> > - We will be bridging the wired and wireless networks together.
> >
> > - For the clients, we will be using DHCP.
> >
> > - The network range at the moment is 172.16/23 (expanded format is
> > 172.16.0.0-172.16.1.255 netmask of 255.255.254.0, I suspect with a DHCP
> > lease time of 2.5 hours this should be plenty), people needing static IP
> > addresses are asked to email off-list, and I'll give you one for use on
> > the day.
>
> I'll put this up on the latest news page for the installfest.
>
> >
> >    - I noticed on the luv site that vendors and that where there before,
> > did they want/need network access?
>
> well , the only "vendor" we've got per se , is merant (they've donated
> some money).  I haven't been told if they need internet access or not.
> I'll ask.
>
> > - Can I get general list of which server will be providing what, as we
> > can make this easily known so people know where to look.
>
> Troy Dack has the following:
>    Debian 3.0
>     RedHat 7,3 & 8.0
>     Mandrake 8.2 & 9.0
>
>     Gentoo LiveCD-1.4 and  stage3 tar balls for Athlon,Tbird,XP and
> P1,2,3,4
>
>     2.6GB of sources covering just about everything (X, Mozilla, KDE,
> gcc, kernels)
> He'll have kde 3.1 debs soon too.
>
> Tyson clugg has a server as well that he was going to bring along, he
> will contact you shortly.
>
> >
> >    - Do we have a server where people can upload isos and so on, for
> > those bringing stuff for primarily swapping with a single person but
> > maybe useful for more, (for example, the *BSD's)
>
> tyson probably.
>
> > - How many switches are needed and who can bring them? I've already got
> > two 8port 100/10 switches for the day, but there might need to be more.
>
> Kim perkins said that strathcona could supply networking equipment,
> but he hasn't been responding to email.  I'm going to ring him
> tomorrow.
>
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