[25934] in resnet
Re: "Portable" network access setups?
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Douglas Blakemore)
Mon Feb 14 14:27:22 2011
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Date: Mon, 14 Feb 2011 14:25:27 -0500
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From: Douglas Blakemore <ismdoug@gmail.com>
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One of the first things I would want to know before jumping on this
issue is what is the scope? How many users, type of data, etc. It
sounds like it is within reach of a long cable so it isn't totally
remote.
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Douglas Blakemore, Ph.D.
On Mon, Feb 14, 2011 at 2:16 PM, Jeff Kell <jeff-kell@utc.edu> wrote:
> Not exactly a prime "ResNet" question, but perhaps some of your networking folks have
> run into this before...
>
> Has anyone else had to deal with "can you provide network access at [some obscure
> location with no infrastructure] for [some special event]" projects? Especially
> recurring ones?
>
> We have traditionally had our long ethernet jumpers and/or spool of
> cable/terminators/crimp tool approach with duct tape and bailing wire, but it seems like
> surely there is a better manufactured solution (ethernet switch / APs on a retractable
> spool?) similar to the little retractable cables for laptops, just on a bigger scale.
>
> Trying to eliminate those last-minute cable testing for the broken termination and other
> esoteric errors that always seem to surface in these cases.
>
> Jeff
>
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