work has seriously been kicking my ass.
monday i am working with a consultant to gen a server to provide free wifi all across lincoln center campus. for those who are not new yorkers, that is like 6 new york city blocks. clearly, the server won’t be providing wifi (that will be the dozen mega-antennas and fiber-loop), but it will be providing the login/auth services to anything connecting to the network.
we’ll be using chillispot on a Debian box. this configuration has never been scale/load tested for a rollout with the potential of the one we are setting up. further, we have no idea what kind of use we are going to see from the community. i am betting on “low for a week or two, then screaming”. i need to config log-shipping for the squid proxy, as well as work with a third party firewall, AND work out the bandwidth throttling. while i will be working with a designated consultant provided by our wireless provider partner, he has never done any part of this process other than genning the Debian boxes for school wifis. i am super-flattered that my boss trusts me enough at this stage of my tenure to put me in the hot-seat, but holy crapola.
since i am on here so infrequently, happy birthday shout outs (premature) to
tomorrow i am volunteering, then celebrating in the evening. sunday, bbq on the horizon.
apparently, these pigs are cannibals. cannibals with a good marinade or dry rub.