Re: [Palindrome] network connectivity

[Ken Olum <kdo cosmos phy tufts edu>]

   From: Deborah Levinson <debby_levinson yahoo com>
   Date: Mon, 5 Jan 2004 07:18:52 -0800 (PST)

   Network connectivity should be a lot easier for many of us this year.
   If you have a laptop and wireless, you can now get temporary guest
   access.

Great news!  Well, it's great news if our headquarters actually has
wireless service.

   We would still need a wired connection for the printer (unless it can
   also handle wireless); hopefully, we have gotten a room with at least
   one active drop. Do we know what room we've been assigned yet?

Not as far as I know, even though 
http://web.mit.edu/puzzle/www/rooms-04.html
says "Teams are informed of their assigned bases by Friday January 2,
2004"

   Finally, it would be really helpful to me if you could let me know if
   you are bringing a computer that requires an Ethernet connection. If we
   end up running enough systems to require the hub/switch that Ken bought
   a while ago, I have to talk to the Network team in IS to get permission
   to do this.

My guess is that we will need the switch.  Unless both our rooms have
drops we will need to switch if we have even one machine (plus the
printer) that doesn't have wireless.  It sounds as though we won't
need any IP addresses, though, because we can just get them from the
guest registration system.

                                Ken