Re: [89attendees] When does the IETF network officially come up?

On Sat, Mar 1, 2014 at 9:52 PM, Jim Spring <jmspring@gmail.com> wrote:
> I've got 824 and called BT due to very poor (laptop) to nonexistent (ipad/iphone) wireless connections.
>
> Their response -- "There is an access point right outside your room.  What devices are you using?"  Me - "Ipad/Iphone"  Them - "Oh!  You need to turn down brightness and turn off background to boost power to wifi."  Uh...yeah.
>

Well, did you try it?
And, if not, how do you know it *doesn't* fix the issue?

> Indeed, if I go right into the hallway full bars.  In the room - not so much.  I'm too tired to deal with it now, but may look at moving...

Well, of course -- the hallway is brighter -- this makes the iPhone
automatically decrease the backlight, which means there is more power
for the radio...

Jeeez, do I have to explain everything....

W

>
> -j
>
>
> On Mar 1, 2014, at 8:19 AM, Dave Oran (oran) <oran@cisco.com> wrote:
>
>> Changed rooms and that solved the wired Ethernet problem. The new room doesn't even have a wired port on the wall :-(
>>
>> But, the WiFi does work, albeit slow.
>>
>> Thanks again to everybody for the suggestions and help.
>>
>>
>>> On Mar 1, 2014, at 1:40 PM, "Dave Oran (oran)" <oran@cisco.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>>> On Mar 1, 2014, at 1:27 PM, Randall Gellens <randy@qti.qualcomm.com> wrote:
>>>>
>>>> Dave,
>>>>
>>>> Did you try plugging in your own Ethernet cable (just to see if it's the cable)?  If it's not the cable, the hotel or BT should be able to organize someone with physical access to sort it out.  I was at a hotel recently where the wired access didn't work, someone was able to swap the end-point of the plug in the room to a different jack at the port and that fixed it.
>>> I tried that. No deal.
>>> I asked for a room change. They'll have it ready in a couple of hours.
>>> For the info of others - be suspicious of room 1023.
>>>
>>> Thanks for the help folks.
>>>
>>>> --
>>>> Randall Gellens
>>>> Opinions are personal;    facts are suspect;    I speak for myself only
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>>>> The attention span of a computer is only as long as its electrical cord
>>>> or battery life.
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