We mentioned in a previous post (see BitTorrent, traffic shaping and trusting users) that we had a small number of users who were unfairly monopolising network resources in order to download files via BitTorrent. The whole thing was a bit sad for me personally as I took it as a bit of a depressing display [...]
It has been a while since we have posted. We had the best intentions of writing a series of wrap up posts (JO has some overdue videos I made for him!) but after living in the convention centre for three weeks we were all really exhausted. The fact that tech•ed 2010 planning is already well [...]
(This post has been in my drafts since last week … we’re post commissioning on wireless now)
One of these things is not like the other one…
We recently mentioned that we completed deleting the WLC from the wireless equation at the venue. In rolling our the custom configs to the 50 autonomous devices we found that [...]
Have you been to tech•ed in years past? Have you seen the array of colours used for cables in CommNet areas, Recharge Bars, around the Exposition Halls and inside the Session Rooms? You’ve thought either the person laying all those cables is colour blind or needs some serious tips from House & Garden on matching seasonal [...]
You will recall our earlier posts regarding the performance problems with the Cisco WLC at the Gold Coast Convention and Exhibition Centre. If you’ve not seen them catch up here:
Making Wireless Work
Diagnosing and resolving extremely high RF utilisation
Resolving a Hunch– Wi-Fi Performance @ GCCEC
Insufficient Traction Error
We had been working extensively with a number of suppliers [...]
Tomorrow is my first day on site at the venue (I don’t get to leave again until the 11th of September). I was supposed to be down there today but some lingering issues with the 2140 imaging procedures and timings delayed my trip to the convention centre by a day. David Haysom sent me an [...]
Nearly every IP network you use allocates IP addresses to clients via DHCP. There is a lot you can do with DHCP and it is a fairly well thought out and extensible successor to BOOTP.
This post briefly explores the sorts of issues we have with DHCP on a large scale temporary network, and the sorts [...]
I’ve not forgotten to post – I’ve just been busy undebacling a debacle.
Everyone loves fast Internets. Providing really fast Internets at tech•ed this year has provide to be a complete pain in the proverbial.
“You just have to flick a switch and its on, right?”
“It won’t cost that much…”
i wish i had recorded some sound bites of these conversations over the past week, and no, I won’t name names… Over the past few weeks we’ve been a little quiet, but the guys have been working tirelessy on the relentless march to [...]
[ The following performance analysis was submitted to tech•ed backstage by Arpan Gupta and the RRAS team. They own the RRAS/ipnat.sys components of Windows 7/Windows Server 2008 R2. Given that we're using it for address translation at tech•ed 2009, it is rather handy having them on board. We challenged the RRAS team to validate [...]