Hi FUDCon planners -- responding to a question Robyn posed for me, and I wanted the whole group to have this information.
Qwest, the contract provider for ASU's internet, has confirmed for us some time ago (back in July) that they are happy to provide broadband at the Brickyard and MemU, for free (since it's a temporary and short-lived change).
I'm forwarding the email chain below for your reference. Steve Ford is the Qwest contact, but we've also conversed with Lincoln Slade who works IT on the ASU side. He should be in the loop regarding internet connectivity at the school.
Paul
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Date: Thu, 8 Jul 2010 13:37:31 -0500 From: Ford, Steve To: Lincoln Slade CC: Jon Delany, Yann-Hang Lee, Duane Woerman, Robyn Bergeron, Paul Frields Subject: RE: Fedora Linux Conference that may require specialized wireless network setup
Lincoln,
We can accomodate your requirements. We will install additional access points as needed to support the connections and bandwidth requirements. We will configure a non-broadcast SSID for the conference that will utilize a separate Vlan. We will plan to use a/b/g radios for the access points but if we have surpless a/b/g/n radio access points we will install these. You will have full access to the Internet.
As this is to support the conference and is temporary there will be no cost. Access points will be removed following the conference.
I suggest that you open a CRM request case approximately 2 weeks prior to the event. We will assign a technician to work with you on installation and configuration.
Thanks and if you have any questions please let me know.
Thank You, Steve Ford Lead IT Network Engineer ASU Netcom Managed Services - Qwest Team
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From: Lincoln Slade Sent: Wednesday, July 07, 2010 7:59 AM To: Ford, Steve; Robyn Bergeron; Paul Frields Cc: Jon Delany; Yann-Hang Lee; Duane Woerman Subject: Fedora Linux Conference that may require specialized wireless network setup
Steve,
It was good talking with you last week. As discussed we have an conference that our School and the University may Host.
The expected dates of the conference are Jan 29th - 31st of 2011. We will be looking at hosting this event in both Brickyard Artisan Court building and within the Memorial Union on the Tempe Campus.
There are three major concerns/requests that we have:
1. Given the nature of the conference we would like to request that the Wireless access points be put on a Separate Vlan as a precaution given the folks at this conference will be very technically Savvy. The ports that need to be open to the internet are: HTTP/HTTPS, SSH, and (possibly several Source Code Management ports that we will name at a later time).
2. We are also concerned about the workload of these access point as there may be between 100-130 laptops accessing the Web downloading large amounts of data simultaneously. In the past this amount of traffic as overwhelmed standard network setups at previous conferences.
3. If there is a special Temporary wireless network setup for this event, is their going to be a cost associated with such a setup and operation? If so can you provide us with an estimated cost?
I have included Paul Fields and Robyn Bergeron as they are planning the event that is to be held here at ASU. If you have any additional Technical questions please include them as they may have more information than I do about their Technical needs.
It would be appreciated if we can get a response sometime this week as Robyn and Paul have some deadlines approaching regarding the planning of the event and need to know if the Technical aspects of the event can be accommodated.
Please let me know if you have any questions or concerns.
Regards, Lincoln
Lincoln J. Slade __________________________________ Technology Support, Coordinator School of Computing, Informatics, and Decision Systems Engineering Arizona State University 699 S. Mill Avenue #578 Tempe, Az 85281
On Mon, Dec 13, 2010 at 04:11:24PM -0500, Paul W. Frields wrote:
Hi FUDCon planners -- responding to a question Robyn posed for me, and I wanted the whole group to have this information.
Qwest, the contract provider for ASU's internet, has confirmed for us some time ago (back in July) that they are happy to provide broadband at the Brickyard and MemU, for free (since it's a temporary and short-lived change).
I'm forwarding the email chain below for your reference. Steve Ford is the Qwest contact, but we've also conversed with Lincoln Slade who works IT on the ASU side. He should be in the loop regarding internet connectivity at the school.
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Note that this information is mostly orthogonal to the question of broadband extensions at the hotel. That's being worked separately and is not the primary responsibility of ASU or Qwest, although they're being consulted where appropriate.
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