Hi,
I am prepared to talk about anything I know something about that someone
would like to suggest[0] however failing that, I could knock up the
following (since people seem to be taking advantage of the wholesale
discounted installation prices at the moment - about half price - and I
have been asked how to do this by a number of people):
* Installing the ADSL USB/Ethernet options available
(recently done several installs of both, and in the USB
case have done so using both types of drivers - userspace
and kernelspace, btw benoit's stuff rules - as I learned).
To include a "what not to do" list and suggestions, as well as an example
iptables ruleset for home use. I could not bring an actual modem however
it's pretty easy to find out what they look like. I can talk a little
about ATM and some of the underlying stuff for background (a little out of
date, but in issue four of LU, I did a two page bit on what we knew about
the USB ADSL stuff at that point...i.e. not a lot :P). FWIW, I personally
have a cablemodem in Nottingham and a Mailbox static IP USB ADSL account
in Reading which runs apogee.jonmasters.org quite nicely now.
If someone were to bring a computer along with a modem, I could try a live
install - subject to knowing what setup they have and getting them to
obtain a few packages beforehand. Of course you'd have to trust me that it
would actually work when taken home :)
I have a few ideas for location however for now we'd better assume that
we'd be looking at the community centre (unless my idea works out).
Cheers,
--jcm
PS Prior to the next meet, we should arrange to exchange an informal
key signing of those present who know each other...perhaps?
[0] OK, well not anything, i.e. it has to be vaguely GNU/Linux related -
while a discussion of pot plants would be fascinating and perhaps
relevent to a few people, it's a little OT :)
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