WLAN

WLAN services at Assembly in general

WLAN is supported, but not with large amounts of Access Points (AP). We will cover most areas with APs, but do NOT take it for granted that you will get WLAN connectivity in all areas. Also, if you get the connectivity, the quality may be quite poor. Why? We expect more people to come with laptops this year. The AP instrastructure is close to the one we had last year, might be lower. Adding more users... well do the math. The task of covering the space like Hartwall-Areena with good WLAN coverage is very painfull and time consuming, we just don’t have the time to do that for just for four day party.

Simply put: do not except full WLAN coverage nor very good WLAN service. If you want good connectivity, get a computer place with fixed network connection (10-100 Mbps). We do not guarantee any WLAN services or their levels.

Restrictions

• Per-user bandwidth is restricted for assuring quality of service.

• Open ports are ssh (22), http (80), https (443) and irc (6667), all other ports are blocked. Practically this means that you can browse webpages and use irc, but for example playing online games is not possible via the wireless network.

• Personal access points and wireless networks are strictly prohibited.

• Make sure that Internet connection sharing of any kind via your computer is not enabled.

WLAN hardware

In short, you will need a WLAN card. They come in two major flavours, 11Mbit/s and 54Mbit/s, and both work with the PartyNet WLAN. The WLAN card has to support at least the 802.11b standard. 

Network settings