[539] in resnet
Re: wireless internet
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Lindsay A Klik)
Thu Dec 6 12:57:38 2001
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Date: Thu, 6 Dec 2001 12:46:52 -0500
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From: Lindsay A Klik <klik@GENESEO.EDU>
To: RESNET-L@listserv.nd.edu
In-Reply-To: <95AC7052DE4A78488DCFB615F7A49EA401B55F77@emerald.msu.montana.edu>
Geneseo's Library is currently running a laptop program that sounds a
lot like the one you are trying to demo.
Some things we've run into:
1. Charging batteries:
Depends on the brand of laptop you are using. We use Dell's.
Although very rugged and stand up to the wear and tear of student abuse
it only holds 2 batteries and you can only charge them in the laptop
itself. They do not offer a charger or plan on ever making one. If you
go with IBM they do offer a 2 battery charger for $150 however their
laptop only holds one battery at a time.
2. DeepFreeze works great on win98 or 2000 machines but here's the
problem we've been having. On laptop it takes forever to reboot b/w
uses. What we ended up doing is keeping our ghost image on CD and just
refreshing the machines once a week that way.
3. Signing out laptops and keeping track of them: Working with the
library has been helpful on this one. We keep all of our laptops in a
cart behind the Circulation desk at the library and another cart at our
HelpDesk. Our laptops get signed out as if they were a book or reserved
item and are kept track by the library's system. We offer a 3 hour loan
and a $5 charge (over due fine) for every hour the laptop is returned
late. The batteries in the laptops last for 4 hours so that offers the
student 3 hours of use and an hour recharge time for the battery.
We have been running a laptop sign out program now for 3 years so if you
have any further questions I'd be glad to help out.
--Lindsay
On Thu, 6 Dec 2001, Smith, Sheila wrote:
> Hello All,
> We are currently doing a demo of a wireless setup in our student union
> building. One of the hurdles facing us is how to keep laptop batteries
> charged...we have extra batteries but no way to charge them short of
> plugging in a laptop. Is there some other type of solution, like a battery
> charger, out there somewhere?
>
> Another thing: our IT center has told the staff to re-image the laptops
> after every use because of concerns about what the last user might have left
> on the machine. They are running Win 2000. Doesn't this seem a little
> labor-intensive? I'm not sure why they can't set policies for downloading
> etc and then just check the machine when it's turned in. What do others do?
>
> "ResNet...Net like no other"
>
> Sheila Smith
> ResNet
> Montana State University
>
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