mobile e-library (video/audio)

[Lorenzo Taylor]

Laŭ Tom Sparks:
> No internet access, full stop, I cant get internet access at the location where it well be setup at and I dont want to deal with internet access headaces

So others will be downloading directly from you, most likely in the same 
room/building with your machine? In that case, a direct connection may be more 
suited to the task than bittorrent, since your private network should be fast 
enough to handle it and there probably won't be enough people in one place 
downloading the same thing to make bittorrent a superior option. Such a direct 
transfer can be achieved using a web server on your host netbook, since you 
described a requirement for users to accept terms and conditions before 
downloading any files. In this case, the same server used to serve up the terms 
could also be configured to directly transfer the files after someone agrees to 
the terms.

If not using a wireless access point, the best thing I could suggest is setting 
up an ad-hoc network. However, this would require all peers on your network to 
setup their wireless devices for your network manually. I don't think there is 
an automated way to do this, someone please correct me if I'm wrong. And my 
experiences trying to setup my own ad-hoc at home were less than stellar, so an 
802-11N access point is probably best, since it can be configured to get 
everyone onto your network nearly automatically, and it's compatible with 802-11 
A, B and G as well, in case someone comes in and doesn't have the latest 
technology. Then the only thing required is a security key exchange before 
someone signs on to the network. I am assuming that this is to be a closed 
network where people will have to obtain the correct security key before logging 
on, although this may not be as much of a concern for a private network, but it 
is for me personally, so I mention it here.

As for your hard disk and processor, the 1.6GHZ processor should be able to 
handle the setup you describe without too much trouble. I still have 
reservations about the hard disk size, however, unless there is a fixed amount 
of data on the system and you won't be adding any new files later. However, 
since you are using a USB hard disk, future upgrades are indeed quite trivial. 
So other than the networking issues I mention above, I see no serious problems 
with such a system.

HTH,
Lorenzo
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