Paola,<br><br>I'm pretty sure it's just basic BT ADSL broadband, so I guess it depends what sort of traffic you expect you'll all need. Perhaps if you could provide further details I'd be able to give a more detailed answer. I believe the router in the club room has two free Ethernet ports.<br>
<br>Cheers<br><br>Martin<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On 22 December 2010 14:54, Paola Di Maio <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:paola.dimaio@gmail.com">paola.dimaio@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); padding-left: 1ex;">
Martin<br>
we are planning to book the room for an event in february, for which<br>
we require fast and reliable access for up to a dozen ppl for a day.<br>
What's the speed of the wifi network over there?<br>
some of us may be able to bring lan cables too if that helps<br>
<br>
thanks<br>
PDM<br>
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On Wed, Dec 22, 2010 at 3:43 PM, Martin McGrath<br>
<<a href="mailto:mcgrath.martin@gmail.com">mcgrath.martin@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br>
> Hi everyone,<br>
><br>
> I've spent quite some time here over the last couple of days investigating<br>
> potential causes of bandwidth excess problem.<br>
><br>
> There are two machines currently connected to the router in the club room.<br>
><br>
> 1. Compaq 5221, AMD K6 380Mhz, 320MB RAM. Running Windows XP, missing lots<br>
> of patches, no Antivirus software installed.<br>
> 2. Ubuntu based machine, reasonable spec CPU, 512MB RAM. Running an<br>
> unsupported (ergo unpatched) version of Ubuntu.<br>
><br>
> In the interests of security please don't operate a Windows PC without anti<br>
> virus software installed, it's just common sense.<br>
> Please user Firefox as your default web browser.<br>
><br>
> The XP machine had no application software other than uTorrent (a bit<br>
> torrent client) and CClean installed.<br>
> This machine is terribly slow, I've earmarked a machine to replace it which<br>
> is significantly faster and we have more RAM in the cupboard which I can<br>
> fit.<br>
><br>
> Do we really need a Windows machine in the club? I'd like feedback on this<br>
> please.<br>
> A linux machine is just as easy to use for everything this machine could<br>
> have been used for, and far easier to maintain.<br>
><br>
> The XP machine passed a full system virus scan and three rootkit scans.<br>
><br>
> I plan to upgrade the Ubuntu machine to a version of the operating system<br>
> which is at least supported. If anyone has data they'd like backed up please<br>
> do so, or let me know where and what it is and I'll do it for you.<br>
><br>
> The room still has it's WIFI point, at the moment secured with WPA-PSK, the<br>
> details for which are on the poster on the right as you enter the room.<br>
> I plan on investigating this more at a later date.<br>
> I disabled the WIFI point on the modem running in the comms room. There was<br>
> no point in us having two.<br>
><br>
> I'm not convinced that anyone would waste time cracking the WPA passphrase,<br>
> given that there are two other open access points in the area.<br>
><br>
> I plan on documenting and laminating some notes about EC kit, the network,<br>
> the computers etc. I'll get round to this once I've fixed up the systems in<br>
> question.<br>
><br>
> Snail mail has arrived for the following people, I've left it in a neat pile<br>
> on the table:<br>
><br>
> Mitch Miller<br>
> Glasgow Social centre limited (two items)<br>
> Robert Hamilton<br>
> Jonathan Agnew (two items)<br>
><br>
> When I arrived yesterday the place was a bit of a mess. There were chairs<br>
> all over the place, some rubbish on the table, an old mug of what I assume<br>
> was coffee and papers scattered over the desks.<br>
><br>
> I've done a little tidying but I've got other things I need to be doing at<br>
> the moment.<br>
> The room is a space for all of us, please tidy up before leaving.<br>
><br>
> Have a nice Christmas and a safe New Year.<br>
><br>
> Thanks<br>
><br>
> Martin<br>
><br>
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