[61502] in Hotline Meeting
re: Printer in Tang Hall & Ethernet access point for 24th floor lounge
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Salil Soman)
Tue Sep 24 16:40:04 2002
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From: "Salil Soman" <sal@ai.mit.edu>
To: <hotline@mit.edu>, <olh-suggest@mit.edu>,
"oliver thomas" <othomas@mit.edu>, <laryben@mit.edu>
Cc: "Anthony Davis" <adavis@mit.edu>, "Larry Anderson" <landerso@mit.edu>,
<ccrawfor@mit.edu>, <babaker@mit.edu>, <gpardo@mit.edu>,
"Nelson C Lau" <nlau@mit.edu>, "R. Erich Caulfield" <rerichc@mit.edu>,
"Richard J. Rikoski" <rikoski@mit.edu>, <dsheehan@mit.edu>,
<jag@mit.edu>
Date: Tue, 24 Sep 2002 16:40:01 -0400
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Dear Administrator,
I am writing to let you know of 2 IT issues that various members of the =
Tang Hall community have complained to me (the current THRA Secretary) =
about and have asked that the house government (The Tang Hall Residents =
Association) attempt to address. 1) There has been significant =
complaints about the Athena printer wg-tang being unreliable / =
erratically jamming. 2) The residents have repeated requested that =
Ethernet access of some kind be made available in the lounges in Tang so =
as to facilitate use of the rooms as group study / meeting space as well =
as being recreation space.=20
With respect to the Ethernet jack - we would really like a jack to be =
available in the 24th floor lounge. Unfortunately, THRA's yearly budget =
has already been allotted for the orientation and event programming THRA =
regularly puts on for Tang's residents. Furthermore, THRA's request for =
the $400 IS has quoted us for installing an Ethernet jack has been =
turned down by the GSC funding board. I'm about ready to give up on this =
endeavor, because I can't think of anyone else to ask for help on this =
matter. Would the fact that all of the apartments on the 24th floor =
other than the lounge are already wired for Ethernet access (so =
hopefully the amount of wiring work required is minimal)? We also have =
an Orinoco ap-200 wireless access point we could use to provide =
residents access in the 24th floor lounge (which is better suited for =
the 24th floor lounge than the ap-500 IS installs as part of its =
standard wireless package) - is there a way we could get a cheaper cost =
for simply connecting this device to the MIT network (rather than =
requiring a dedicated jack being made available) - thereby making =
Ethernet access to wireless card users? Any advice you can provide on =
this matter would be greatly appreciated.
With regard to the printer, I was wondering if the Athena printer =
currently in Tang could be checked out / reviewed for replacement - a =
number of residents and maintenance staff (who use the printer as well) =
have complained over and over again that the printer jams erratically. I =
have been fielding complaints on and off for some time now, but the =
frequency of complaints seems to have increased dramatically in the last =
month or so.=20
The 400+ Tang residents that make use of the wg-tang Athena printer when =
it is working are extremely grateful for its presence (given that Tang =
is predominantly first year graduate students who have to take classes =
for which the professors require students to print out all of their own =
handouts and often chapters of books) - however, it would be a great =
service to Tang residents if the printer could be repaired to be more =
reliable or replaced with a printer that is more reliable and can handle =
the capacity that the Tang residents require.
Thank you for your time and consideration.
With kind regards,
Salil Soman
Secretary / Webmaster=20
Tang Hall Residents Association (THRA)
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<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Dear Administrator,</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>I am writing to let you know of 2 IT =
issues that=20
various members of the Tang Hall community have complained to me (the =
current=20
THRA Secretary) about and have asked that the house government (The Tang =
Hall=20
Residents Association) attempt to address. 1) There has been significant =
complaints about the Athena printer wg-tang being unreliable / =
erratically=20
jamming. 2) The residents have repeated requested that Ethernet access =
of some=20
kind be made available in the lounges in Tang so as to facilitate use of =
the=20
rooms as group study / meeting space as well as being recreation space.=20
</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>With respect to the Ethernet jack - we =
would really=20
like a jack to be available in the 24th floor lounge. Unfortunately, =
THRA's=20
yearly budget has already been allotted for the orientation and event=20
programming THRA regularly puts on for Tang's residents. Furthermore, =
THRA's=20
request for the $400 IS has quoted us for installing an Ethernet jack =
has been=20
turned down by the GSC funding board. I'm about ready to give up on this =
endeavor, because I can't think of anyone else to ask for help on this =
matter.=20
Would the fact that all of the apartments on the 24th floor other than =
the=20
lounge are already wired for Ethernet access (so hopefully the amount of =
wiring=20
work required is minimal)? We also have an Orinoco ap-200 wireless =
access point=20
we could use to provide residents access in the 24th floor lounge (which =
is=20
better suited for the 24th floor lounge than the ap-500 IS installs as =
part of=20
its standard wireless package) - is there a way we could get a cheaper =
cost for=20
simply connecting this device to the MIT network (rather than requiring =
a=20
dedicated jack being made available) - thereby making Ethernet access to =
wireless card users? Any advice you can provide on this matter would be =
greatly=20
appreciated.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>With regard to the printer, I was =
wondering if the=20
Athena printer currently in Tang could be checked out / reviewed for =
replacement=20
- a number of residents and maintenance staff (who use the printer as =
well) have=20
complained over and over again that the printer jams erratically. I have =
been=20
fielding complaints on and off for some time now, but the frequency of=20
complaints seems to have increased dramatically in the last month or so. =
</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>The 400+ Tang residents that make use =
of the=20
wg-tang Athena printer when it is working are extremely grateful for its =
presence (given that Tang is predominantly first year graduate students =
who have=20
to take classes for which the professors require students to print out =
all of=20
their own handouts and often chapters of books) - however, it would be a =
great=20
service to Tang residents if the printer could be repaired to be more =
reliable=20
or replaced with a printer that is more reliable and can handle the =
capacity=20
that the Tang residents require.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Thank you for your time and=20
consideration.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>With kind regards,</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Salil Soman</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Secretary / Webmaster </FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Tang Hall Residents Association=20
(THRA)</FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML>
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