Its over! all finished.

Huge thanks to Barry and everyone that helped out. Fun day was had by all.

Pictures can be found at (/events/photos/Meetings/2002-11-23_Installfest/ installfest)

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Melbourne Wireless will host its first wireless convention and field day at Strathcona Baptist Grammar School, Camberwell, on Saturday, November 23.
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The day will be an opportunity for anyone who is having issues with access points to come along and use the resources of Melbourne Wireless (and LUV if it's an open-source OS) to build a working group point under any operating system.
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The (http://www.luv.asn.au/node.php?id=43 LUV website) has more details including start/finish times.
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The day will also be an opportunity for people to build and test antennas and cantennas, and stream voice and data.
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At this stage, we need:
* A fixed-line server for mirroring ISOs, packages and drivers. (We will run a cat5 link to LUV's server upstairs from the wireless room.)
* A wireless access point to ping.
* Windows/Linux/FreeBSD volunteers to assist with installs.
If anyone can help with any of these can they e-mail (old link removed)
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! CAN YOU HELP?
!!! We need:
Access point* (DLink 900AP[TomParker])(Alloy 2422APS [MarkVincent]}%%%
Superpass omni* ([RobertTchia])%%%
20m of Cat5 cable* ([TroyMitchell])
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20m of power extension cord (vak)
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A switch or hub ([TomParker] 10Monly 16port)(mailto:prakman@tpg.com.au StewartPark) 8 port n-way switch)%%%
Early morning pre-event technical consultants (ie. roadies) ([Darius])([TroyMitchell]) ([TimshelKnoll]) ([RyanM]) ([RobertTchia]) ([NickSibbing])(mailto:prakman@tpg.com.au StewartPark)%%%
Chief technology officer to handle network problems* ([AndrewGriffiths])%%%
Installation/software consultants for access point installs and antenna-building workshops ([Darius]) ([TroyMitchell]) ([TimshelKnoll])  ([RyanM])%%%
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([RobertTchia]) will bring a Win98 lappy for Orinoco firmware upgrade. %%%
([MarkVincent]) will also bring a Win98 lappy for Orinoco firmware upgrade. %%%
([AndrewGriffiths]) will be running a IRC server for the day.%%%
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(Troy Dack (troy@tkdack.com) - LUV installfest server including:%%%
	network installable images for Debian, Red Hat & Mandrake.
	Gentoo rsync & distfiles server with about 2.5GB of sources.
	Gentoo stage-# tar balls for a variety of architectures
	ISO images for Debian, RH (7.3 & 8.0), MDK (8.2 & 9.0).
	1 x 8-port 10/100 el-cheapo Surecom switch.
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ProFX's server has images of:%%%
RedHat 8.0/7.3, Mandrake 9.0, Debian 3.0r0, FreeBSD 4.7, FreeBSD 4.6.2%%%
OpenBSD 3.2/3.1, Knoppix 3.1, WarLinux 0.5, QNX 6.2.0/6.1%%%
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TysonClugg is bringing:
* BBQ (45cm diameter) with gas *
* BBQ utensils and sauce
* Cans of soft drink and ice in large tub *
* ISO server, debian mirror (BrendanHiley might bring a backup just in case :)*
** 9.1GB of debian mirror built from (ftp://ftp.au.debian.org/ ftp://ftp.au.debian.org/) and (ftp://security.debian.org/ ftp://security.debian.org/).
** About 60GB of free space ready to accept more data (ISOs, etc).
** [AndrewGriffiths] also has root access.
DarrenDreis and Vaskos Tsiatis are bringing:
* Sausages (3 large trays)
* Bread (3 large thinly sliced loaves)
* Onions (3 large)

Roles marked with * are required to be there all day unless you organise some form of job-sharing arrangement.