Thu, Nov 21, 2002 at 02:05:28PM -0000, matthew.ford@bt.com: > > folks have to tell the noc > > about observed > > problems, rather than just complaining to your couch > > neighbor. > > ... and the noc has to help instead of telling people to go away. I > requested a static IP, was asked why I needed one, 'because DHCP is broken', > and was told that this was 'my problem'. Of course the reality is that DHCP > is always broken in some way, at some point, during IETF meetings, which is > why I always visit the NOC to request a static IP. This is the first time > I've been told 'no'. no idea who you spoke with, but we in fact had set aside a piece of space for statics. in fact, only one was assigned. > I can't help thinking that the spastic wireless network experienced at > IETF55 could have been avoided if lessons learned at previous IETF meetings > had not been repeated. Maybe these lessons need to be captured somewhere. an effort was already begun to archive configuration of s/w, etc. complaints appearing in the ticket system is a big step in documenting problems. > I do appreciate the efforts of all the engineers who have been working hard > this week to give us the network that we now have, but on this occasion they > have left this user way less than satisfied. please email your complaints to rt@ops.ietf.org and not ietf@ietf.org.