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Fw: Urgent: Internet Connection Service for ODF Interop Demo -- SpecialAttention Required Tuesday Morning, August 31

From: Donald Harbison
To: [email protected]
Date: Tue, 31 Aug 2010 11:58:00 -0000

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Don Harbison
Program Director, IBM ODF Initiative
Tel. +1-978-399-7018
Mobile: +1-978-761-0116
Email: [email protected]
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Harbison/Cambridge/IBM on 08/31/2010 01:56 PM -----

From:      
 "Szilard Bedecs"
<[email protected]>
To:      
 "Jozsef Bajnoczi"
<[email protected]>, "Tamas Ivanicza" <[email protected]>,
"Viktor Juhasz" <[email protected]>, "Laszlo Kollar"
<[email protected]>, "Peter Kriston-Vizi" <[email protected]>,
<[email protected]>, <[email protected]>, <[email protected]>
Cc:      
 "Gabriella Ivacs"
<[email protected]>, <[email protected]>
Date:      
 08/31/2010 11:16 AM
Subject:    
   Re: Urgent:
Internet Connection Service for ODF Interop Demo        
-- Special Attention Required Tuesday Morning, August 31




Dear All,


According to my latest information, there is a meeting scheduled for today
at 15:20 at the TIGY room, where two of my system administrators will be
present, and they will understand all needs and make sure you have sufficient
Internet connection. Wired Internet connection should be used, we are able
to provide a switch and necessary cables for connection.


However in order to enable laptops to get an IP address on the wired network,
their ethernet MAC address should be registered in our DHCP in advance.
Also to be able to use VPN, streaming and other applications, ports should
be opened on the firewall. We need all this information in advance, otherwise
laptops will not be able to connect to the network.


Thanks,

Szilard


>>> <[email protected]> 8/30/2010 9:57 PM >>>

Hello Peter and Jerry,


I apologize for sending email at this hour. A good number of the ODF

Interop team assembled in TIGY at CEU, Nador 11 this afternoon at the time

you allocated for us (17.20 hrs.) We very determined that the internet

service is not adequate in its current state.


Therefore, we ask for your urgent attention to resolve these requests.


Specifically:


the Ethernet cable connection be opened up to permit access to the

Internet. The ports are currently blocked. This is very important. For

example, the IBM portion of the demonstration must be able to easily

access the internet, the use VPN tunnel to access servers inside IBM.

Other presenters have similar requirements. The current connection is

blocked.


(...the wi-fi is too weak, so we are choosing to depend on the Ethernet

connection therefore we request: We tried the Wi-fi in Nador 11 and found

the signal too weak and unreliable. It dropped frequently. We determined

it is not adequate to support the demonstrations as a result.)


a router be provided; if a router is not available, will CEU permit us
to

provide one? We need to streamline the number of laptops that must be

connected at the same time to the internet.

(2) power strips to enable us to plug in to the electricity

fresh markers for the white board (the markers in the room were nearly

exhausted); we can purchase new markers, if you wish. Please advise me

tomorrow.


We have (8) demonstrators who need to step to the podium and deliver a

their brief presentation and demonstration, one after the other with a

minimum of disruption. This is why we are asking for the router.


We thank you for your urgent attention to these requests. Without your

support we will not succeed with our demonstration(s).


Best regards,


/don


Don Harbison

Program Director, IBM ODF Initiative

Tel. +1-978-399-7018

Mobile: +1-978-761-0116

Email: [email protected]