RE: reflections from the trenches of ietf62 wireless

[Jeffrey Hutzelman <jhutz at cmu.edu>]

On Thursday, March 17, 2005 07:51:27 AM -0800 Tony Hain <alh-ietf at tndh.net> 
wrote:

> FWIW: Those 350s were provided after a similar bad experience specifically
> so there would be consistent and stable equipment available. The fact that
> they are considered 'emergency' at this point shows that in fact people do
> expect new features from the equipment

On the contrary, I think it reflects the realization that a dozen AP's is 
not enough to provide service for O(1000) people over a dozen meeting rooms 
plus lobbies, bars, restaurants, etc.  Had the volunteers who built the 
network been unable to get wireless hardware in time, they could have 
broken out the emergency AP's and provided worse coverage to fewer areas 
than we had last week.  It would have been better than nothing, but it 
would _not_ have been better than what we got.  And you'd still all be 
whining.

-- Jeffrey T. Hutzelman (N3NHS) <jhutz+ at cmu.edu>
  Sr. Research Systems Programmer
  School of Computer Science - Research Computing Facility
  Carnegie Mellon University - Pittsburgh, PA


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