[00:38] <sagaci> http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=gUXUjjg9qQ0 -- Want. So Bad.
[08:05] <sagaci> head_victim, so at the install fest, did you repo work as intended?
[09:31] <head_victim> sagaci: yep appeared to
[09:32] <head_victim> The only issue was the livecd used archive.ubuntu.com and when you install it the installer sets the new pc up to point to au.archive.ubuntu.com
[09:32] <head_victim> So I didn't have the au.archive bit set up beforehand.
[10:25] <sagaci> head_victim: ah righteo then... I was thinking about doing a similar event in sydney, if I get a hold of a router and somehow block all connections except aarnet/pub/ubuntu or aarnet/pub, 4G download speed should suffice in one of the bigger public libraries, as long as electricity is available
[10:27] <head_victim> We just used a laptop as the DNS, DHCP, file & HTTP server.
[10:27] <head_victim> Then hooked up a switch and wireless access point.
[10:28] <head_victim> Did some dns magic and only connected a 400MB internet plan to it for "just in case".
[10:28] <head_victim> Basically most people have their own 3G and mobiles to use for actual data usage these days I found. 
[10:29] <head_victim> That way we had a functioning CD Image mirror as well as archive mirror.
[10:30] <sagaci> yep, but being a 4G bigpond plan the aarnet mirror is unmetered, thus downloading is probably as quick/easy than setting up what you did
[10:30] <sagaci> and if it's aarnet/pub it could also extend to fedora, arch, etc
[10:30] <head_victim> True, you could just null route everything else.
[10:31] <sagaci> I mean if 50 people showed up, 4G won't go too far but I'm guessing that a handful that do show up don't have cool quotas/unmetered access..
[10:33] <head_victim> Yep, I did it half as "I have no idea how many people are showing up" and half as "I need to learn some stuff"
[10:37] <sagaci> so what kind of leech speed were you getting
[10:38] <head_victim> I believe the network went as quick as the switch would allow, so 100mb.
[10:38] <head_victim> At home I was getting it as quick as the HDD would allow as I use gigabit network stuff here.
[10:39] <head_victim> Basically it meant the downloading of data was a blip, the actual install part was the only bit that took time.
[10:40] <head_victim> I gotta run, but feel free to leave some questions I can ask later if you were wondering how anything went. Basically it was fun to set up :)
[10:40] <head_victim> Let me know if you do organise something and I'll make sure you have some tablerunners or banners or something as well