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IT Setup (2010)

On site preparation

Arrange to meet Sebastion (Dorney IT support) on Friday or Saturday before the event for setup, which includes:

Rewiring the exchange to make sure that the phone sockets work in all the huts, tower and boathouse (and working out what their numbers are)
Connecting and leaving telephone extension cables in each hut
Making sure there is network access and phones in the boathouse/registration
Making sure the network is in place at the start – some years the box goes missing!!
Making sure the wireless network, and selected network sockets (for PC’s without wireless Network) work in the Finish Tower
Placing the Network Access Point on the roof and connecting it up
Negotiating keys so that we can make sure all the huts are opened on Sunday, and so we can access the big green box at the start for power and network connections.

Kit

Get the kit out of storage

Belongs to WRC
Bar Code Scanners	3	2 for use in registration, one spare , retained by David/Brian for testing
Access Points	2	1 set for finish tower roof 1 set by results tent (there is also a spare AP)
Pigtails, mains adaptors	2
Directional aerials	2
Sundry U bolts and fitting bits
Power cables	lots
Telephone extension cables	3	for the timing huts
Ethernet cables	lots- at least 1 x 5m, 4 x 3m	long ones needed at the start, and registration (x3?) and maybe the Finish tower Tower depending on how close the sockets are.
USB/serial cable	1	in case display is used
Plus (personal kit)
Telephones	6	for the timing huts (3), start, registration and finish tower (2)
Hubs	2	At least two needed for registration
Makeshift mast		for results side
Hammer - to bash the mast in
Spanner size 10		for aerial bolts
Big Screwdriver		to open cabinet on finish tower roof in case you can't get hold of the key
Gaffer tape
Cable ties
Velcro grip tape		for attaching the masts/aerials
Binoculars		For use at start of time trials
Needed at Dorney
Key to Green Cabinets at start and under each pod		You will need to ask Adam for these, and sign for them. Also, makes sure someone will have keys to Finish Tower. In 2010 all the pods are left open - not so in earlier years when you needed to sign for the pod keys.
Key to open roof hatch in Finish tower

Phones -Technical set-up

As done in 2010.

	extension	patch panel
500	212	20-11
1000	210	18-10
1500	208	16-9
Finish	205	13-7
	207	10-8
Registration	203	11

Any changes - update the phone numbers page.

Wireless Network configuration

(remember to use a short extension lead becasue the AP power adaptor won't fit directly into the sockets in the roof cabinet)

As done in 2009 and 2010.

AP41 and AP42 are configured to talk to each other in point to point mode.

Each has the others MAC address (see back of AP) configured.

Additional settings for AP41 and AP42

Channel 1 (to avoid conflict with Dorney Wireless Network on channel 6)
IP address 192.168.2.nn, where nn is 41 or 42. (to fit in with Dorney IP allocations)

To change the configuration

Access 192.168.2.nn, where nn is 41 or 42
login: admin/password

To reset

Press reset button
                                      <4 secs for reboot,
                                      >4secs for factory reset.
Access                        192.168.0.10 (factory default IP address)
login:                           admin/password