[ietf83-tech] Wireless unstable/unusable

[Joel jaeggli]

Soo, we'd expect 400 or so guests inluding those who booked out side the
room block to bring north of 800-1000 wireless devices inclusive of
laptops smart phones ipads and the like.

On 3/25/12 15:13 , BREUGNOT Laurent wrote:
> Hi Chris,
> 
> I'm a bit worried by your comment, we usually don't have a lot of
> complaints about the wireless, even if we know it's not optimal.
> We currently have around 180 non-ietf guests on the hotel wireless, we
> often reach 300 without problem.
> FYI there are some electrical issue on the top floors (28 to 33) since
> friday night, the APs and switches on these floors are currently down.
> The technical team of the hotel is aware of the issue and is trying to
> solve it.
> I wont' be back before 5pm, we can talk then if you wish.
> In the meantime, have you some more detailed information on the problem
> you've encountered ?
> 
> 
> 
> Regards,
> 
> Laurent Breugnot
> 
> 
> Le 25 mars 2012 à 10:33, "Chris Elliott" <chelliot at pobox.com
> <mailto:chelliot at pobox.com>> a écrit :
> 
>> Laurent,
>>
>> Performance in the hotel wireless became unusable last night,
>> especially on the guest room floors.
>>
>> With many of our attendees staying in the Concorde still to check in,
>> most today, I think we are assured of an even worse situation tonight
>> and later.
>>
>> Can we meet at 3pm to discuss options?
>>
>> Thanks!
>> Chris.
>>
>>
>> --
>> Chris Elliott
>> CCIE # 2013
>>
>> “You and I are mirages that perceive themselves”
>> --Douglas Hofstadter
>>
>> On Mar 23, 2012, at 3:23 PM, "BREUGNOT Laurent"
>> <lbreugnot at louvre-hotels.com <mailto:lbreugnot at louvre-hotels.com>> wrote:
>>
>> > ok I'll be there at 15h35.
>> >
>> > Cordialement,
>> >
>> > Laurent BREUGNOT
>> > Service Informatique
>> > Tel. +33 (0) 1 40 68 53 51
>> > Fax +33 (0) 1 40 68 53 70
>> >
>> > <https://www.louvre-hotels.fr/FR/ImagesContenu/sign/signature_LH.jpg>
>> >
>> > ________________________________
>> >
>> > De: chelliot at gmail.com <mailto:chelliot at gmail.com> de la part de
>> Chris Elliott
>> > Date: ven. 23/03/2012 15:20
>> > À: BREUGNOT Laurent
>> > Objet : Re: Bandwidth test
>> >
>> >
>> > Laurent,
>> >
>> > I tested from my room, as well as from the lobby. I saw variable
>> performance, including dropped packets.
>> >
>> > The link is solid from my side--would you verify what the HP switch
>> is seeing on the link?
>> >
>> > I connected to the same subnet on this side and saw very good
>> performance, as can be seen here:
>> >
>> > http://www.speedtest.net/result/1851471517.png
>> >
>> > I don't expect to see this performance, obviously, on wireless, but
>> I do expect to see fairly consistent performance.
>> >
>> > I will come back over to the hotel with my laptop, with more test
>> tools. Can I meet you in the lobby?
>> >
>> > Thanks.
>> > Chris.
>> >
>> >
>> > On Fri, Mar 23, 2012 at 3:05 PM, BREUGNOT Laurent
>> <lbreugnot at louvre-hotels.com <mailto:lbreugnot at louvre-hotels.com>> wrote:
>> >
>> >
>> >    Hey again,
>> >    
>> >    Just made a connection test from my office where I'm very far
>> away from the AP, the result is pretty correct:
>> >    5Mb dowbnload and 9Mb upload.
>> >    Any update on your side ?
>> >    
>> >   
>> >    Regards,
>> >    
>> >    Laurent BREUGNOT
>> >    Service Informatique
>> >    Tel. +33 (0) 1 40 68 53 51
>> >    Fax +33 (0) 1 40 68 53 70
>> >    
>> >   
>> >    
>> <https://www.louvre-hotels.fr/FR/ImagesContenu/sign/signature_LH.jpg>
>> >
>> > ________________________________
>> >
>> >    De: Chris Elliott de la part de Chris Elliott
>> >    Date: ven. 23/03/2012 09:44
>> >    À: BREUGNOT Laurent
>> >    Cc: ietf83-tech at daedelus.com <mailto:ietf83-tech at daedelus.com>
>> >    Objet : Re: Optical Fiber
>> >   
>> >   
>> >    On Mar 23, 2012, at 9:39 AM, "BREUGNOT Laurent"
>> <lbreugnot at louvre-hotels.com <mailto:lbreugnot at louvre-hotels.com>> wrote:
>> >   
>> >
>> >
>> >        Hello Chris,
>> >
>> >        
>> >
>> >        Any success with the optical fiber yesterday ?
>> >
>> >
>> >    No.
>> >
>> >
>> >       
>> >
>> >        According to the hotel, the link has been installed by the
>> Palais des Congrès.
>> >
>> >        Did you talk to them about this issue ?
>> >
>> >
>> >    Yes, and I will talk to them again.
>> >
>> >
>> >       
>> >
>> >         Regards,
>> >
>> >        
>> >
>> >        Laurent BREUGNOT
>> >
>> >        Service Informatique
>> >
>> >        Tel. +33 (0) 1 40 68 53 51
>> >
>> >        Fax +33 (0) 1 40 68 53 70
>> >
>> >        <image001.png>
>> >
>> >        
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> > --
>> > Chris Elliott
>> > chelliot at pobox.com <mailto:chelliot at pobox.com>
>> >
>> >
>> > <winmail.dat>
>>
> 
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