I will be arriving 15th and expect I can help set these up. I have a git checkout of openwrt on my laptop with me already.
Cheers Andrew andrew.mcmillan.net.nz On 4/07/2009, at 13:08, Holger Levsen <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi, > > the venue(s) dont have a suitable wireless setup for us, so we'll > need to set > up our own. For this purpose we have plenty (30) of APs which will > need to be > flashed (aka installed) and distributed on site and then moved again > and > again, to optimize the signal quality :-) > > We wont need all 30 APs, I assume for MT 10-15 will be enough, while > for FdS 2 > or 3 should be fine. > > We have three modells to deploy, though I suggest to only use 2: > > - 15 fonera1 (some new, some used) > - 12 bufallo airstation g54 (brand new, unopened :) > - 4 fonera2 > > I suggest not to use the fonera2s, as we only have few of them. Also > people > can use them to get d-i working on them :-) > > The bufallos have 5 lan ports, so they are best distributed in > peoples room > (where we (=you) will need to lay cat5 cables too...), while the > foneras > (which only have 1 lan port) should be placed where we dont want > people to > plug in extra cables, like the talk rooms and such. > > I suggest to install OpenWRT on all of them, as it supports all > hardware and > because we have documentation for it already and because I'm familar > with it, > so I can help if needed. > > http://wiki.debconf.org/wiki/DebConf7/OpenWRT has some old > instructions on > building kamikaze, the latest OpenWRT release, as well as info how > to flash > the foneras. I dunno how to flash the bufallos yet, but I'm sure its > documented somewhere on the web :) > > If you want to help, you should obviously arrive at DebCamp early > and you will > need to work together with the admin team :-) > > > regards, > Holger > > http://oldwiki.openwrt.org/Hardware(2f)Buffalo.html > http://oldwiki.openwrt.org/Hardware(2f)Fon.html > _______________________________________________ > Debconf-discuss mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.debconf.org/mailman/listinfo/debconf-discuss _______________________________________________ Debconf-discuss mailing list [email protected] http://lists.debconf.org/mailman/listinfo/debconf-discuss
