* This page provides general guidance to the networking team at any future GENI event venue for GENI network requirements = Network requirements = GPO event coordinator will provide the total number of attendees for the event. The event could be * a tutorial at a conference * a workshop * GENI summer camp * GENI engineering conference. == How will attendees connect to your network == * Wired or wireless * Think about the number of wireless AP's in the location of the event. * Rule of thumb is 2-3 AP's per 50 attendees * DHCP ; ideally provide sufficient subnet and lease times based on attendees. ( For GENI conferences, we require a /24 network ) * Some locations prefer to handout static addresses. Please plan in advance how to distribute these temp accounts. * Please specify requirement of any Captive portal login or rebooting an attendees machine to log onto the network == How will presenters connect to your network == * Wired connectivity ( 1-2 Ethernet cables ) is preferred at the podium * Provision of a projector and projector screen is preferred. == How is your campus network setup == * What is the total capacity of the network in Gbps / Mbps * Since most of the tutorials offered at GENI events are focused on new networking paradigms,traffic patterns from our locations might look suspicious to your network monitoring tools. * Please ,if possible, disable traffic shaping algorithms running on the network. * One of the tools used has all attendees reach out using the same IP address to a remote host and your network monitoring tools might want to drop these packets. * Please think about how you can help avoid these false positives. * Please also provide a hands on person/hotline/email for the day of the event for any last minute emergencies == How to check if the required GENI ports are open on your network == GENI tutorials use non-standard ports in addition to standard TCP,UDP ports. Most of these ports are usually blocked by universities. The list of all required ports is here: http://groups.geni.net/geni/wiki/KnownGENIPorts To test your network, there is a very nice tool developed by the folks at iMinds in Belgium. The tool is a Java applet and is available at [http://jfed.iminds.be]. Test from a laptop that is: * Connected only to the wireless network that will be used by the attendees i.e. it should not be connected to any other network * Is a laptop that '''has not''' previously been registered on the campus wireless network i.e. test as if it is somebody connecting to the network for the 1st time. * If providing credentials (guest/temporary) to attendees, please use those credentials to test. * Repeat test on Windows 7 and Mac OS. To test: * Point browser to http://jfed.iminds.be * On that page, click on "Quickstart jFed Experimenter Tool". A window that looks like this will pop up: [[Image(login.jpg, 30%)]] * At the bottom left, of that window, click on the "Connectivity Tester" button. * A new window will pop up: [[Image(TestResults.jpg, 30%)]] * Tests that succeed will get green check boxes and those that fail get red 'x's. You can click on a test result to get details. * To save test results to a text file, click on the "Save test results" button at the top of the window.