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| === Ford I.T. Requirements === | === Ford I.T. Requirements === | ||
| - | It was mentioned that the area surrounding the Ford headquarters was covered by a municipal wireless network. If true, we might prefer to configure the second wireless card in the mesh nodes to maintain a connection to this network and therefore facilitate monitoring, maintenance, and data gathering from the experiment. | + | There are no major Ford I.T. requirements. The experimental boxes are self-contained. We are considering managing them through either municipal WiFi or cellular 3G network connectivity -- linking them to our own servers running at MIT. (The former option seems unlikely based on the lastest information we've received about WiFi coverage in Dearborn or Ann Arbor.) |
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| - | //(We are waiting for confirmation from Prasad of these details.)// | + | |
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| - | Beyond the necessary access privileges for this network (if any are needed at all), we require no formal I.T. support (servers, etc) from Ford. | + | |
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| - | **An alternative approach** is to use cellular access for guaranteed connections. | + | |