Re: Eduroam on a Sydney Harbour boat and Shark Island for APAN29!

[Klaas Wierenga <klaas@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Feb 9, 2010, at 1:32 PM, James Sankar wrote:

Hi James,

That is great! 

Klaas

P.S. I'll refrain from questions as to why QUT has to provide eduroam in other territories..... ;-)

> 
> A quick note to confirm that during the APAN29 conference, AARNet successfully provided eduroam access on a boat on Sydney harbour and on Shark Island (no power available) for the delegates.
> 
> This was possible thanks to Queensland University of Technology who generously provided their eduroam-in-a-box solution (wifi-3G) and the use of a good UPS battery backup that was in use for 4 hours with 52% battery remaining!
> 
> Best Wishes
> 
> James Sankar
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