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Neil Stone wrote: > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > Rob Beard wrote: >> Hi folks, >> >> I'm not sure how many of you remember last year that I mentioned about a >> possible venue in Newton Abbot? >> >> The venue is The Music Mill recording studios near the new Asda in >> Newton Abbot where we held the Children In Need event. >> >> Now I'm seeing Rick Edwards (of Gemini FM fame) who owns The Music Mill >> tomorrow and I was wondering if anyone was actually interested in us >> possibly using this as a venue? >> >> The venue itself has internet access (8MBit ADSL) and two car parks near >> by (the Asda car park and also another one across the road from Asda). >> The meeting room which we used is a decent size, it has tables and >> chairs in it and it could accommodate about 15 people assuming we could >> move a couple of tables around from other offices up there. >> >> The only issues I can think of with the venue is currently there is no >> network ports in the meeting room. At the Children In Need venue we got >> around this by putting a cable through the ceiling and attaching this to >> a switch. If we want to/can use this venue then I have suggested to >> Rick about getting the meeting room cabled up with one or two CAT5 >> network points. Also, it is also up two flights of stairs so maybe not >> so great to lug desktops to. >> >> Anyway, I thought I'd mention it before asking Rick again if we could >> use their conference room as a venue. >> >> Ta, >> >> Rob >> > > Wireless bridge possibly ?? or perhaps some of the people with skillz > could install some CAT5 for them ;-) > > I would be interested in a venue like this, and I would be able to bring > networking kit along too.. > > Anyone else up for it ? > > - -- > Neil Stone > Well after the discussion about wireless lan cards I was thinking of trying to make use of an old Dell small form factor PC (P3 667 with about 64MB Ram). I thought it would be cool to install something like Smoothwall on it (running off a Compact Flash card). I can install CAT5, in fact I have offered to do this as it is only one or two cables that need installing. I'll have a word with him tomorrow anyway. Rob -- The Mailing List for the Devon & Cornwall LUG http://mailman.dclug.org.uk/listinfo/list FAQ: http://www.dcglug.org.uk/linux_adm/list-faq.html