Re: Installfest - need switch and network expert

Alexander Henry wrote:
> Eric Bixby won't make it to Installfest. He's instrumental in
> installation network snaggs, plus he brings the big network switch. We
> need either:
>
> - a substitue switch.
> - a pickup of his switch.
> - UAT to provide us with junk
>
> He works in downtown Phoenix, and lives in North Phoenix. I live in
> Gilbert, Dennis busses himself from Tempe to everywhere, etc, etc.
>
> We also need a general nethack and wireless network card installer.
>
> I have a spare 4-port hub of my own, but 4 is never enough.
>
> --Alexander

I'll be there with an 8-port hub. We can daisy-chain them together, so
that gives us 9 usable ports. I have a 4-port wireless router too, but
we shouldn't need the wireless part, as UAT's is usually available.

I'm not as good as Bixby, but I should be able to get us up and running.
I'll try to get there a little early (which is simply on time for me).

I can stumble through a wireless nic install, but haven't done
ndiswrapper yet (in case it's a broadcom chipset). Dennis has done
ndiswrapper for wireless. It would be helpful to know ahead of time what
chipset we're dealing with. If we don't use ndiswrapper (which requires
the windoze drivers), we may need to build a native driver from source.
In either case, I hope that the installee is allowing a few hours.

--
-Eric 'shubes'
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