I honestly think that there is something more than that. I have seen
dozens of instances of "IETF64" as an ad hoc network. (I see 6
sitting here in the plenary.)
Unless there is someone with a perverse sense of humor spoofing me, I
suspect that people are
trying to join to the ietf64 network and getting it wrong, both in
captialization, and in
configuration. (Oddly, I have yet to see "ietf64" as an ad hoc network.)
Of course, when the network availability is poor, mis-configuration
doesn't stand out like it does
when everyone else in on the network except you.
Regards
Marshall Eubanks
On Nov 10, 2005, at 6:22 PM, Joel Jaeggli wrote:
On Thu, 10 Nov 2005, John Loughney wrote:
Do you have a sense if it is Win 2000 or if it is related to any
specific wlan driver software? I'd think a basic list of cards /
sw that often misbehave would be a good thing. That way, when we
see a few adhoc devices in a meeting, the chairs could more
specifically tell people running OS X / card Y to check their
devices.
The survey we did is about two years old now, but at the time a
fair number of the win2k drivers would produce this behavior.
Basically to much default auto-configuration. having the wireless
card be mananged by windows (winxp) went a long way towards solving
this issue for windows machines. It is still possible to hose
yourself if you try.
It think it would be a fairly serious mistake to add to the
workload of the working-group chairs by making them front-line
tech support for the wireless network. The current exhortation
towards checking for your laptop being in adhoc mode is well
meaning, but a lot like throwing salt over the shoulder. If we want
to characterize certain users or applications as mission critical
providing additional wired ports in meeting rooms to support them
seems reasonable. Including large numbers of wired ports seems like
madness however.
John
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