Speaker: Jon Meek
Date: Thursday,  February 2, 2012
Time: 7:00pm (social), 7:30pm (discussion)

Pizza and Soda being brought to you by: INetU Managed Hosting

If you are planning on coming please RSVP so we have a good count for the Pizza.

Location:
Lawrence Headquarters Branch of the Mercer County Library
2751 Brunswick Pike
Lawrenceville, 08648-4132
See map: Google Maps (New link with better coordinates)

Have you ever needed a small server to use as a test or monitoring platform but did not want the bulk, noise, power consumption, or cost of a typical 1U server? Voyage Linux on a USB flash drive and an old desktop or notebook may be the solution. 

We will provide complete instructions for installing the distribution on a USB drive and configuring applications that include: network testing and monitoring, sailboat data logging, NAT router, IPv6 lab gateway, lightweight desktop, and audiophile music server. There will even be some travelogue content. 

A demonstration network with a USB drive on a netbook, and $150 5 Watt Compact Flash based servers will be used to demonstrate some of the applications.

Bio:

Jon Meek works in network security and performance at a large global enterprise. After receiving a PhD in Chemical Physics he morphed into an Analytical Chemistry instrument designer, a manager, and finally some form of a System and Network Administrator.