Installfest - need switch and network expert

[Technomage]

I have a couple of superstack 8's and a 16 here somewhere (the 16 being a 
managed hub of which I don't have the software for).

if someone is willing to stop by Friday afternoon or evening (call ahead 
first!) I can loan them out.....

TMH

p. e-mail privately for contact info. thanks

On Wednesday 26 April 2006 09:43, Eric "Shubes" wrote:
> 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.