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the more access points, the more aggregate bandwidth you will get on the 802.11 cloud... On Wed, 28 Feb 2001, Joel Jaeggli wrote: > Merit actually has enough access points (it really only takes 4-6 of > them... it's more of a user mindshare issue... hence the continuing > availability of laptop drops... note however that there are fewer at the > recent meeting (ie. we had almost 300 for one room at nanog 17). > > the cisco folks used about 24 access points(overkill) for the ietf in > sandiego that was enough to blanket the conference center and the hotel > below the 3rd floor... > > joelja > > > > On Wed, 28 Feb 2001, Alex wrote: > > > > > > > I'd rather see NANOG/MERIT invest in like 15 or 20 base stations, rather > > than wasting the time/money on the cat5 cable and switches -- etc. > > > > A wireless card costs all of $200 these days... everyone could just get > > one. > > > > > > > > On Wed, 28 Feb 2001, Joel Jaeggli wrote: > > > > > On Wed, 28 Feb 2001, Joe Abley wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > On Wed, Feb 28, 2001 at 08:23:19AM -0800, Lucy E. Lynch wrote: > > > > > Our big costs were US West curcuits into the hotel (6xT1 - we could have > > > > > gotten away with 4xT1) and cable - we had lenghts cut to fit the table > > > > > layout in the ballroom. We had switches & such on hand, and we "borrowed" > > > > > terminal room machines from one of the student labs - > > > > > > > > If these costs were negligible, how much would it have cost? > > > > > > > > (assuming, for example, an 802.11b shot from a hotel to an already- > > > > connected nearby building, donated transit, > > > > > > we actually tried to do a wireless run as a backup plan, but couldn't find > > > an open conduit, and the hotel balked at the thought of our wiring guys > > > coring 11 floors in order to get to the roof... > > > > > > I don't think nanog is quite ready to go wireless only in the meeting room > > > although cutting down on the wired infrastructure deployed is something > > > that's been worked on... > > > > > > > doing wireless-only in the > > > > conference and having some friendly vendor loan the machines for the > > > > terminal room). > > > > > > > > > > > > Joe > > > > > > > > > > -- > > > -------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > Joel Jaeggli [email protected] > > > Academic User Services [email protected] > > > PGP Key Fingerprint: 1DE9 8FCA 51FB 4195 B42A 9C32 A30D 121E > > > -------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > It is clear that the arm of criticism cannot replace the criticism of > > > arms. Karl Marx -- Introduction to the critique of Hegel's Philosophy of > > > the right, 1843. > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > -------------------------------------------------------------------------- > Joel Jaeggli [email protected] > Academic User Services [email protected] > PGP Key Fingerprint: 1DE9 8FCA 51FB 4195 B42A 9C32 A30D 121E > -------------------------------------------------------------------------- > It is clear that the arm of criticism cannot replace the criticism of > arms. Karl Marx -- Introduction to the critique of Hegel's Philosophy of > the right, 1843. > > >
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