Re: Next NANOG

[Alan Hannan <alan () routingloop com>]

  Hey Dave,

  What would YOU look for in a hotel location?


Thus spake David Meyer (dmm () cisco com)
 on or about Thu, Mar 01, 2001 at 08:03:03AM -0800:
>       If someone was asking me I would ask that the hotel
>       had a decent gym and pool, or that these things
>       were a reasonable distance away (not the case in ATL).
>
>       Of course, no one is asking me...
>
>       Dave
>
> According to Jared Mauch:
> >     Also, it would be nice if the hotel had ethernet in the rooms
> > (in-house DSL or whatnot) or wireless sufficent to cover the hotel.
> >
> >     If the conference moves to larger and larger hotels the wireless
> > covering the whole hotel isn't as possible.
> >
> >     The IETF-49 density of access points was quite nice
> >
> >     - Jared
> >
> > On Wed, Feb 28, 2001 at 07:26:40PM -0400, Thomas Kernen wrote:
> > > As long as they keep providing power sockets in the rooms for those of us who have laptops that can't survive 4 
> > > hours straight on
> > > battery.
> > >
> > > Thomas
> > >
> > > > 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
> > > > > >
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> > > > It is clear that the arm of criticism cannot replace the criticism of
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> > > > the right, 1843.
> >
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> > Jared Mauch  | pgp key available via finger from jared () puck nether net
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