Looking to set up a local LAN shindig. Gonna use the club room in the basement, should easily hold 30 people, and has no fewer than 10 circuits supplying electricity. A Cisco 2924 will handle the networking with a pair of Linksys rackmount 16-porters as backup. This'll all be open only to local people from school - essentially amounting to two teams. Upperclassmen vs. Freshmen. My friends vs. my brother's friends. A $15 fee will be collected from all participants ahead of schedule (Expecting ~20) for the purchase of chips, soda, and copies of games for serving purposes. Networking will be handled by a DHCP, and internet access will be CLOSED (Only access we have here is two dialup pipes anyway). Game serving will take place on two machines - one running Linux for most games, and another running Windows for the rare game that doesn't have a Linux server.
There are a few issues that I expect to crop up, and am wondering how I should deal with them:
I 100% expect there to be at least one computer that gets hauled in here and ends up with a corrupt HDD. Fortunately, as well as a small conference hall, this basement also houses a fully functioning computer repair shop. Naturally, everyone brings their own game CDs (Or gives my brother and I more money ahead of time so I can buy them a copy), but how do you deal with operating system?
In the event of female gamers and/or people dragging their girlfriends along, how do you prevent an orgy/gang rape from breaking out in a room full of teenagers?
Since we're talking about largely non-technical high school kids here, how do you curb the flow of viruses from one infected computer to another? Does that Cisco have port blocking capability?
What games should I expect to handle?
And no, you can't come. So don't ask. Maybe next time - if this works out.
There are a few issues that I expect to crop up, and am wondering how I should deal with them:
I 100% expect there to be at least one computer that gets hauled in here and ends up with a corrupt HDD. Fortunately, as well as a small conference hall, this basement also houses a fully functioning computer repair shop. Naturally, everyone brings their own game CDs (Or gives my brother and I more money ahead of time so I can buy them a copy), but how do you deal with operating system?
In the event of female gamers and/or people dragging their girlfriends along, how do you prevent an orgy/gang rape from breaking out in a room full of teenagers?
Since we're talking about largely non-technical high school kids here, how do you curb the flow of viruses from one infected computer to another? Does that Cisco have port blocking capability?
What games should I expect to handle?
And no, you can't come. So don't ask. Maybe next time - if this works out.
