[Scale-planning] [Tech] wifi SSID WAS Re: Signage

[Christopher Smith]

I was going to go with "Not SCALE Wifi". Maybe too on the nose? ;-)

On Mon, Mar 13, 2017 at 3:02 AM, Owen DeLong <owen at delong.com> wrote:

> In the past, we named the Staff Wifi something that didn’t contain SCALE
> and wasn’t such an obvious target.
>
> I suggest NSA_Van or similar as a good candidate. :P
>
> Seriously, I think it used to be something like giraffe or simon or
> otherwise equally innocuous.
>
> Owen
>
> On Mar 11, 2017, at 12:14 AM, Ilan Rabinovitch <ilan at socallinuxexpo.org>
> wrote:
>
> Can we hide the staff ones? While I agree that people should know not to
> use them, it was causing confusion for most.
> Also shorter SSID names are appreciated.
>
>
>
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> On Fri, Mar 10, 2017 at 5:02 AM, Zach Underwood <zunder1990 at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
>> This year we had 4 SSID, public 5ghz, public 2.4ghz, staff 5ghz, staff
>> 2.4ghz. I think that we could drop the staff 2.4ghz and only use the the
>> staff 5ghz one since staff(noc and AV only) for the most part have newer
>> devices that support 5ghz. As for as hiding staff SSID that is a waste of
>> time, I dont think many, if any of the public was thinking they needed to
>> join to the staff network. At some point you cant fix stupid.
>>
>> I think the biggest problem with SSID was the amount of non SCALE ssid
>> showing up, where this was the biggest problem was on the expo floor where
>> at any given time there was 20+ SSIDs.
>>
>>
>> On Fri, Mar 10, 2017 at 1:56 AM, Lori Barfield <itdirector at gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> On Thu, Mar 9, 2017 at 9:58 PM, David Lang <david at lang.hm> wrote:
>>>
>>>> On Thu, 9 Mar 2017, Lei Zhang wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> 1) What is the WiFi password? We eventually put up a shirt with the
>>>>> password on it.
>>>>> 2) Which WiFi do I connect to? There were several SSIDs with SCALE in
>>>>> the name.
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>> IMHO, the only SSIDs that should be visible are the ones we intend
>>>> people to connect to. In the past the others were hidden.
>>>
>>>
>>> there is so much wisdom to this suggestion.
>>>
>>> 3) Where is Ballroom X? (GH especially)
>>>>> 4) Where is Room NNN?
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>> having a map of the buildings as part of the signage rotation would
>>>> probably be a good thing.
>>>>  Is it worth enough to loose 1/3 of the horizontal space to have a map
>>>> up all the time (rotating between the two buildings) while the schedule
>>>> rotation scrolls by on the rest of the screen?
>>>
>>>
>>> if we could somehow have a "You are here" spot, that would be perfect.
>>>
>>>
>>>> 5) What are the expo hall hours? (Usually when it's not open yet) Or a
>>>>> similar question from exhibitors for when they can go in for set up.
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>> similar issues as to when game night opens
>>>>
>>>
>>> maybe have one extra sign on an easel at registration, with these three
>>> schedules?  i can't tell you how many times i saw someone running back to
>>> the welcome gate to read the expo hours.  by the time we think to ask the
>>> question, we're already at the expo doors.
>>>
>>> ...lori
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>>
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