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PAXers at Homewood Suites on Pike St, read please

Brian4120Brian4120 Registered User regular
edited August 2008 in PAX Archive
I wanted to run an idea by you guys.
Obviously there are going to be alot of thing happenings in all the hotels around the area once PAX kicks into full gear. I was thinking we should create some method of easily talking to eachother.

My fullon nerd solution, create a wireless network dedicated for an IRC chatroom (maybe something like a shoutbox instead, im thinking about it), wireless console lanning, etc. I have the hardware (router and a netstix embedded linux computer) and I thought it would be a neat way to hook up with other people in the hotel and share info about events in town.

What do you guys think?
Also, I am weary of repeating the hotels wireless internet on this... but if people think i can get away with it, I'll do it (just need to get $30 more... yay)

Edit: Oh, a name... we need a name.

I'M HALPING!
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  • Moe FwackyMoe Fwacky Right Here, Right Now Drives a BuickModerator Mod Emeritus
    edited July 2008
    1. With a strong enough antenna, you can pick up free wifi somewhere in downtown Seattle. I had a 9dbi mag-mount wireless I used on the CCST, and I managed to find some free internet in range of my hotel window (some 11 stories high).

    2. You should totally do a teamspeak server and have a couple channels dedicated to music piping

    3. No I'm not staying at the Homewood Suites

    4. Name yourselves the Homeboys

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  • emorimikuemorimiku Registered User regular
    edited July 2008
    Moe Fwacky wrote: »
    4. Name yourselves the Homeboys
    Done and done although I kinda wish we could make buttons for that...

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    <emorimiku> j0z1e ... physically emotionally or mentally?
    <j0z1e> ummmm, all three? at once?
  • Moe FwackyMoe Fwacky Right Here, Right Now Drives a BuickModerator Mod Emeritus
    edited July 2008
    Why can't you?

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  • Brian4120Brian4120 Registered User regular
    edited July 2008
    I have a WRT54G router running DDwrt. I can boost the signal capt'n! I dont know how well she will hold though.

    Teamspeak... Possibility. If I run out of power (the little device i have only has 400mhz on its side) I could use my laptop...

    Homeboys eh? better than my idea for PAXNET

    Also, would be neat if we could get repeaters in the mix and get the whole city wireless'd :) (IMPOSSIBLE DREAMS ARE TASTY :D)
    Moe Fwacky wrote: »
    Why can't you?

    indeed... we should get a set of 50 for that! (cost split?... nah)

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  • GodmeatGodmeat Registered User regular
    edited July 2008
    For what it's worth, our group will be up for whatever you manage to put together.

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  • Brian4120Brian4120 Registered User regular
    edited July 2008
    Godmeat wrote: »
    For what it's worth, our group will be up for whatever you manage to put together.

    Awesome. I have way too much time duing my Intro to Computer Info Systems class so I probably will work on this then :)

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  • emorimikuemorimiku Registered User regular
    edited July 2008
    So if we do a music teamspeak chan what type of music would people want to hear?

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    <emorimiku> j0z1e ... physically emotionally or mentally?
    <j0z1e> ummmm, all three? at once?
  • Brian4120Brian4120 Registered User regular
    edited July 2008
    That would be a good question... Anyone?
    Throw some names out there Emorimiku

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  • emorimikuemorimiku Registered User regular
    edited July 2008
    I was thinking that we should have some of the bands that are playing PAX at least, because I have Anamanaguchi and they might have another album out at that time, but I'd rather know things people want first before I take over the music covertly and start playing Fiery Furnaces...

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    <emorimiku> j0z1e ... physically emotionally or mentally?
    <j0z1e> ummmm, all three? at once?
  • BigRedBigRed Seattle, WARegistered User regular
    edited July 2008
    wireless sucks in hotels, you wont get it to go very far between floors.

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    <MoeFwacky> besides, BigRed-Worky is right
  • Brian4120Brian4120 Registered User regular
    edited July 2008
    BigRed wrote: »
    wireless sucks in hotels, you wont get it to go very far between floors.

    I realize that. But if we can get ANYTHING that will be worth it.

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  • Brian4120Brian4120 Registered User regular
    edited July 2008
    Well, at the very least we will try to get teamspeak up.

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    I'M HALPING!
  • RyainkenRyainken Registered User regular
    edited July 2008
    Homewood has free internet. So why would we need to set up a wireless solution? We could just run the teamspeak server off someones lappy and spread the IP number in this forum once they get to their room.

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  • HounHoun Registered User regular
    edited July 2008
    You might be interested in this:

    http://seattlewireless.net/

    It's a community-built free wireless network. You might be able to get signal in various places.

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  • CuddlyColinCuddlyColin Registered User new member
    edited August 2008
    Anything happen with this? I'm in homewood suites and I know I'm a bit of a forum lurker, but I'd love to get in touch with other pax geeks. :D

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