[GLLUG] Penguicon

Dan DeSloover zifferent at yahoo.com
Mon Apr 23 18:57:15 EDT 2007


Richard Houser wrote:
>> - The Terminal Server rocked that place, we had a lot of good reviews of
>> the service, and because of the wireless fiasco by Hilton, it was pretty
>> much the only access to people that needed out either for business or
>> plain emailing/surfing. Kudos to GLLUG!
>
> The terminal server was VERY well done once it was up and going. 
> Excellent work!
>
> The wireless was, as we know, a disaster.  I eventually figured out it 
> was the Hilton router itself that was dying, but I had to power cycle 
> it a few times and it kept having issues again, just delayed a 
> little.  For next year, I think we need to bring our own OpenWrt 
> router for the wireless.  I'll gladly do the setup for this if it 
> comes down to it.
>
> If at all possible, I think Penguicon should really pressure the hotel 
> to do something about the speed at least during our stay (or at a 
> minimum, provide QoS priority to our lounge router so we can get the 
> things that we really need for the event).  The peak speed I saw was 
> something around 45KBps near 10:00a.m. Friday and it dropped rapidly 
> from there.  The connection didn't meet the government definition of 
> broadband and certainly wasn't high-speed.
Let me just say, as an outsider looking in, the terminal server did rock!

As far as bandwidth and wireless availability there is a very real 
possibility that the Internet and wireless at the hotel will be upgraded 
by next year. Let's hope.



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