Re: Build A Booth Spread the Word
Tyler Booth <[email protected]>
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> On 5/22/07, Caleb Phillips <[email protected]> wrote: >>> It should be said that covering the entire exhibit hall, let alone >>> the entire site, without access to any internal infrastructure, is >>> likely to be impossible. > > This was tried in previous years to go from the street to inside the > hall. The walls block all signal from the street. I've recently witnessed the "impossible" on more than one occasion with "smart-antenna" and phased array technology. Presumably that's not what was tried in previous years. No promises, but I might be able to wrangle a vivato panel and ruckus CPE setup which we could test before hand to see what kind of penetration is possible. Also keep in mind that there are typically vendors outside of the main halls that could potentially host a repeater/mesh node. >> like the hardest challenge. Once it is indoors we can deploy >> several of >> our WGT Army as a little (maybe OLSR maybe roofnet) several-hop mesh. >> We'll need to find relatively safe places to deploy them. I really >> doubt > > The Oregon Convention Center is pretty clear that their current > provider is the only Internet provider they want on-site. I think > we're within our rights to transmit from the curbside but deploying > hardware outside our booth is setting up a conflict with very little > to gain. We've had the PTP essid broadcasting before with local > content and it was neat but had little impact compared to the face > time we did. Its possible that the wifi provider situation at the OCC > has changed - you could contact the management there about it. > > I think the coming street fairs are a better place for practicing > adhoc deployment-foo. I'd say check their booth terms and as long as you're not jeopardizing your booth rights by broadcasting a free service there's no reason not to try. Tyler Booth // President ph. 503.548.2000 | fx. 503.548.2002 921 SW Washington St, Suite 224 Portland OR 97205 -- The Personal Telco Project - http://www.personaltelco.net/ Donate to PTP: http://www.personaltelco.net/donate Un/Subscribe: http://lists.personaltelco.net/mailman/listinfo/general/ Archives: http://news.gmane.org/gmane.network.wireless.portland.general/ Etiquette: http://www.personaltelco.net/index.cgi/MailingListEtiquette