Re: [Palindrome] Supplies

[Deborah Levinson <debby_levinson yahoo com>]

Routers, hubs, switches, etc. are indeed a big no-no at MIT, and I had
a hard time last year getting permission for us to use one. As I
understand it, we have two rooms, each with one networking drop. This
would allow us to hook up one printer as well as Uc's laptop (unless
someone has a wireless card he could borrow).

--debby


--- Dan Berlin <dan danielberlin com> wrote:

> If we are using my printer, it does indeed need to be hard-wired. 
> Most of
> last year's woes were due to not having a drop in the room and
> running the
> wire from the team upstairs (which got severed at least twice).  As
> for
> networking hardware, if memory serves, routers are a big no-no.  We
> can
> probably use a switch in the room to split the drop.  Anyone have a
> switch
> sans router?  I guess a hub would do too.
> 
> DB
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Kevin Wald [mailto:wald math uchicago edu] 
> Sent: Saturday, January 06, 2007 12:35 AM
> To: palindrome cosmos phy tufts edu; smpurdy btinternet com
> Subject: Re: [Palindrome] Supplies
> 
> > How many of the 
> > computers will need to be hard-wired, and do any of those computer 
> > owners have the necessary stuff?
> 
> My laptop does not have wireless, so it would need to be hard-wired.
> I have the cable itself, but no router. (Also if I remember
> correctly,
> the big reason for needing the hard-wiring last year was that the
> printer
> needed it -- is this still the case?)
> 
> Ucaoimhu
> 
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Debby Levinson
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