Hi folks,
Could someone with the hotel location data for the 17-19 Oct NANOG please email me? 'Reston, VA' got rejected as not specific enough for the travel authorization. http://www.nanog.org/ & http://www.arin.net/ only list Reston, VA.
Thanks, -ren
$319/night .. ? ouch. do we have a nanog rate? are there any alternative hotels
nearby people are staying at with a more normal rate?
Steve
Stephen J. Wilcox wrote:
http://reston.hyatt.com/property/hotelinfo/about/index.jhtml
$319/night .. ? ouch. do we have a nanog rate? are there any alternative hotels nearby people are staying at with a more normal rate?
If my memory serves me right, that's ~ 6 miles from Dulles.
There should be a dozen hotels that cost anywhere between $100..200 within easy cab ride of the place (don't know about buses / metro rail) - homestead / days inn type motels to marriotts
$319/night .. ? ouch. do we have a nanog rate? are there any alternative hotels
nearby people are staying at with a more normal rate?
We do indeed have a NANOG rate, and it will be posted at www.nanog.org by
the end of the day Monday. The hotel's been working out last-minute
details of web registration.
$319/night .. ? ouch. do we have a nanog rate? are there any
alternative hotels nearby people are staying at with a more
normal rate?
Loads, its about 10 minutes from Dulles.
Over the course of time I have stayed at everyone of the Dulles area
hotels listed below, and don't mind recommending any of them. The Hyatt
at Reston is are very nice hotel and worth it if you can stomach the
cost. The fact that you would save on taxi/rental fares to and from the
NANOG event might help justify staying at the Reston Hyatt. Also, at
the Reston-Hyatt there are plenty of restaurants/bars/shops within
walking distance.
Dulles Hyatt
http://dulles.hyatt.com/
Marriott Suites
http://marriott.com/property/propertyPage/IADDS
Hampton Inn
http://www.hamptondulles.com/
Holiday Inn
http://www.holiday-inn.com/was-dulles
Hilton
http://www.hilton.com/en/hi/hotels/index.jhtml?ctyhocn=IADAHHF
Good luck,
-Jim P.
Not to mention Jazz (at the hyatt) on the weekends, and Me just a few
miles away 
This will be my first NANOG so Im looking forward to it.
Andre
was hoping for something within about a block of the hyatt, preferably populated
by fellow nanogers.. i'll see what folks are doing
Steve
It's also worth mentioning that several months ago Loudoun County issued
a warning to people traveling in and around the area. Basically there
was a band of thieves targeting laptops left in rental cars parked in
restaurants and shopping areas. I believe that they may have caught the
perp, however caution is advised.
-Jim P.
One other word of advice, hotel space in this area has been pretty hard to
come by in recent months, book early or you may find that the closest
available room is in Maryland or at a resort like Landsdowne.
Also, there are lots of low-cost hotels on Route 28 north of the airport and
Route 7 east of Route 28 (amerisuites and the like). All are a short drive
from the Hyatt (20-30 minutes tops).
irwin
"Stephen J. Wilcox" <steve@telecomplete.co.uk> writes:
was hoping for something within about a block of the hyatt,
preferably populated by fellow nanogers.. i'll see what folks are
doing
Reston "Town Center" is not a real "downtown"; it's an artificial
open-air shopping mall. The Hyatt is the only hotel there. While it
is not inconceivable that you could walk from the Residence Inn or
Courtyard hotels on the Reston/Herndon line (the closest hotels that
immediately come to mind, though there's also the Sheraton Reston
Hotel over by the International Center), any of the above would
probably be a half hour to forty five minute walk.
Welcome to the suburban hell that is Reston. Enjoy.
---Rob
ok so seems theres 3 nearby options or you have to look further afield.
the hyatt, with rooms at around $319/night
the marriott, 3 blocks away rooms at $70(weekend) & $190 (week)/night
the sheraton, 5 blocks away at $183/night
sheraton gives me spg plus airline miles so thats a good option,
Steve
ok so seems theres 3 nearby options or you have to look further afield.
the hyatt, with rooms at around $319/night
the marriott, 3 blocks away rooms at $70(weekend) & $190 (week)/night
the sheraton, 5 blocks away at $183/night
You missed one option.
The Hyatt Reston with the NANOG room rate. Since it hasn't yet been
posted (promised for the end of the day today) we don't know what
that one is. But we do know that it's coming...
Michael Dillon
ok so seems theres 3 nearby options or you have to look
further afield.the hyatt, with rooms at around $319/night the marriott, 3
blocks away rooms at $70(weekend) & $190 (week)/night the
sheraton, 5 blocks away at $183/nightsheraton gives me spg plus airline miles so thats a good option,
just be careful about how big a block can be 
In that part of town
I'd recommend hiring a car.
Neil.
Having lived near the Sheraton and walked to the Town Center on several
occasions, I can tell you that it will take about 15 minutes to walk and
that hiring a cab is not necessary. However, the sites along the way are
not that exciting, unless you enjoy looking down at traffic on the Dulles
Toll Road.
Ginny
For those unfamiliar with the Northern Virginia area, 20-30 minutes is
indeed, a "short drive".
I second Irwin's advice - get hotel rooms as soon as you possibly can. There
has been a crunch recently, including the Dulles airport hotels. Do not stay
in Washington, DC, unless you know what you are doing. Also, the Metro
(subway) doesn't stop at Reston Town Center (the NANOG venue) or anywhere
nearby. On the bright side, Reston Town Center is very nice and has lots of
places to eat and shop. It is also convenient to the offices of a half dozen
carriers on Sunrise Valley Drive, like AOL, Nextel, Sprint, France Telecom,
Verizon, Aleron, and many others.
Its a good choice.
- Dan
Hi,
We are evaluting whether we should implement DiffServ
Based e2e QoS provisioning in our network. Someone
recommend that WRED should be used on each node which
is setup to send traffic according to
DSCP/IP_precedence. They disclame that DiffServ+WRED
is the best solution for current network. But, as I
know WRED will bias normal TCP flows, while UDP and
greedy TCP flows(like BT download) will win in
Bandwidth competition.
Is there anybody could do some help on telling me:
1. Is there any ISP use WRED in there network and gain
much from it? How do they use it ?
2. Is there any information available on how ISP plan
their network according DiffServ architecture?
3. Is there any tool to monitor bandwidth utilization
of each QoS class on each node ? Is there any tool to
monitor e2e QoS performance of each QoS class?
4. How does they plan trunk capacity in a dynamic
network environment? esp. in DiffServ network
5. Is there any possible security problem in a QoS
enabled network?
6. How could we optimize network architecutre
according to QoS policy?
Each word will be highly appreciated.
Joe Shen
Hi,
We are evaluting whether we should implement DiffServ
Based e2e QoS provisioning in our network. Someone
recommend that WRED should be used on each node which
is setup to send traffic according to
DSCP/IP_precedence. They disclame that DiffServ+WRED
is the best solution for current network. But, as I
know WRED will bias normal TCP flows, while UDP and
greedy TCP flows(like BT download) will win in
Bandwidth competition.
x/RED in general is pretty useless in reality for most service providers in my
opinion. It takes a lot of tweakings to get it to optimal ofcourse and its only
efficient in overall TCP and/or congestion managed flows that can back off/drop
down during signs of congestion through packet drop.
On the same token however, RED is probably useful for certain edge routers, on
customer serial interfaces. But again, dependent on the type of traffic customer
does, etc.
* joe_hznm@yahoo.com.sg (Joe Shen) [Tue 31 Aug 2004, 13:28 CEST]:
[..]
But, as I know WRED will bias normal TCP flows, while UDP and greedy
TCP flows(like BT download) will win in Bandwidth competition.
What makes you think that BitTorrent's TCP sessions are in any way more
`greedy' of bandwidth than TCP sessions set up by other applications?
-- Niels.
