<div class="gmail_quote">On Fri, May 15, 2009 at 3:24 PM, Grant Bowman <<a href="mailto:grantbow@gmail.com">grantbow@gmail.com</a>> wrote: <blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;"> Nice catch, Eric! If I am reading the materials correctly (I'll read them again over the next days), Tricord's electricity rates seem to be $109.50 discounted rate for 5A / 500W of power during the show, the smallest available option. I suspect this would be mighty helpful if we could make it happen in some way. Pricing from Tricord seems to be $895 for a 10/100 cat5 wire connection plus $200 for additional IP addresses provided by StreamLine. The contract says an IP is required for each computer. This is bolded, italicized and it says regardless of NAT. "Internet Access at the San Jose Convention Center is through a DS-3 (45Mb/sec) circuit from Allegience / XO (30 times the bandwidth of a standard T-1 connection)." I see no discussion (or guarantee) of bandwidth. Tethered 3G connections, anyone? I have a pair of WRT54GL we can use at the show. They can be configured to do NAT and some other interesting things that I'll try to learn before the show. I know they have extensive capabilities with the right combination of software and configuration. Hopefully we can arrange for a secured wifi connection from a friendly neighbor. I have constructed some simple, inexpensive and effective directional reflectors (using file folders and aluminum foil) for the antennas to boost signals. [1] Thoughts? -- -- Grant Bowman <<a href="mailto:grantbow@gmail.com">grantbow@gmail.com</a>> </blockquote></div> I put a request in with shippit for 20 CD's. Wish me luck =) -- Phillip Tribble Rushers Blog <a href="http://rusher.webhop.org">http://rusher.webhop.org</a> "If you don't take one step forward, you will always be one step behind"