Spoke to Brooke Selby on phone. Here's the deal. The pressroom is
handled by a vendor, either the Jacob Javits Center itself or an outside
supplier. The Operations staff at the convention center work with Brooke
on her specs for the pressroom. Her specs are determined by her
budget, and she can't exceed budget.
Brooke will decide whether the project is feasible based on these concerns:
1. Support - must have LTSP support onsite 24/7 during show.
2. Cost - cannot add to her costs.
3. Reliability - LTSP system cannot fail for more than a few minutes.
4. Vendor - pressroom vendor must be willing to go along with adding
LTSP to their network. The LTSP network will be in addition to the
vendor's pressroom network, not replace it. Vendor may not allow us
to boot their boxes as LTSP clients.
5. Wireless - #1 request from journalists is wireless access.
Additional information.
Media: 180 journalists at show; 12 in press room at any given time;
50 in press room during peak times (lunch, dinner). Many want to
connect their laptops to the LAN via nics or wireless rather than
wait for terminal.
LAN: yes; 1-2 printers on lan, orders 1 printer and adds another
if demand requires it; usually 4 spare ethernet cables for folks
to plug into their laptops; not sure of speed, either ISDN or T1, she's
checking with Operations
Computer Equipment: 5-6 dual boot PCs (Lin/Win); some version of RedHat;
Operations says they can install any version of RedHat specified;
1 Mac; no idea whether switch or hub or speed of LAN
Tables/Electric Service: tables cost money and have to be ordered
in advance, doesn't really want to order more tables; no idea of
electrical service, probably per spec, which affects budget
Wireless: None. Brooke's #1 request is wireless access for pressroom.
She has no budget for it.
Dial-up: There are several phone lines available for dialup access.
What'ya think?
Tom
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