Tom, 1) Support - Should not be a problem. Just need to be sure to schedule between booth and Press Room
2) Cost - Also should not be a problem since we can provide labor and should be able to supply any needed hardware (i.e. cabling, switch, etc.) 3) Reliability - Definitely not a problem! 4) Vendor - Can Brooke ask the vendor if they would be interested? This is probably vendor specific. If the vendor is, say, Compaq or HP this would be a great way to showcase their hardware if it is Computer Associates well... 5) Wireless - I have a HP WAP I can donate to the effort. If they are only going to have a T-1 annd only service one room, one WAP would be plenty. Since we wouldn't be replacing the press room network, I am not sure how we can showcase LTSP effectively. Most of the benefits to LTSP are "behind the scenes" - i.e. low end clients, ease of maintaining the system, etc. - how do we showcase this? Do we go with ratty old clients to show how well it works or slick looking Jammin-125s or maybe a compilation of clients to show that it looks and performs the same regardless of what you use? I think the key is who the vendor is and if they are open to the idea. Pete -- http://www.elbnet.com ELB Internet Service, Inc. Web Design, Computer Consulting, Internet Hosting Tom Brown wrote: > > Spoke to Brooke Selby on phone. Here's the deal. The pressroom is > handled by a vendor, either the Jacob Javits Center itself or an outside > supplier. The Operations staff at the convention center work with Brooke > on her specs for the pressroom. Her specs are determined by her > budget, and she can't exceed budget. > > Brooke will decide whether the project is feasible based on these concerns: > > 1. Support - must have LTSP support onsite 24/7 during show. > 2. Cost - cannot add to her costs. > 3. Reliability - LTSP system cannot fail for more than a few minutes. > 4. Vendor - pressroom vendor must be willing to go along with adding > LTSP to their network. The LTSP network will be in addition to the > vendor's pressroom network, not replace it. Vendor may not allow us > to boot their boxes as LTSP clients. > 5. Wireless - #1 request from journalists is wireless access. > > Additional information. > > Media: 180 journalists at show; 12 in press room at any given time; > 50 in press room during peak times (lunch, dinner). Many want to > connect their laptops to the LAN via nics or wireless rather than > wait for terminal. > > LAN: yes; 1-2 printers on lan, orders 1 printer and adds another > if demand requires it; usually 4 spare ethernet cables for folks > to plug into their laptops; not sure of speed, either ISDN or T1, she's > checking with Operations > > Computer Equipment: 5-6 dual boot PCs (Lin/Win); some version of RedHat; > Operations says they can install any version of RedHat specified; > 1 Mac; no idea whether switch or hub or speed of LAN > > Tables/Electric Service: tables cost money and have to be ordered > in advance, doesn't really want to order more tables; no idea of > electrical service, probably per spec, which affects budget > > Wireless: None. Brooke's #1 request is wireless access for pressroom. > She has no budget for it. > > Dial-up: There are several phone lines available for dialup access. > > What'ya think? > > > Tom > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > ------------------------------------------------------- > This sf.net email is sponsored by:ThinkGeek > Welcome to geek heaven. > http://thinkgeek.com/sf > _____________________________________________________________________ > Ltsp-discuss mailing list. To un-subscribe, or change prefs, goto: > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/ltsp-discuss > For additional LTSP help, try #ltsp channel on irc.openprojects.net ------------------------------------------------------- This sf.net email is sponsored by:ThinkGeek Welcome to geek heaven. http://thinkgeek.com/sf _____________________________________________________________________ Ltsp-discuss mailing list. To un-subscribe, or change prefs, goto: https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/ltsp-discuss For additional LTSP help, try #ltsp channel on irc.openprojects.net
