Wireless Internet

Check your e-mail while having lunch. Get out of your dorm and have a beer while doing your homework/research. Get away from that dial-up connection at your house. File share with your friends and other customers. Connect to your company's Intranet server while shooting pool. The possibilities are endless with this incredible technology that is absolutely FREE!

How Does It Work?

We have a constant Internet connection called a Digital Subscriber Link (DSL). This is much the same as you would have in your home. It is always on, and does not require any sort of login. We have placed a network of "wireless access points" throughout the property that give computers the ability to access the DSL through a radio signal at 2.4 & 5 gigahertz. It works like a cordless phone, sending your conversation through the air to a base station which converts the signal and sends it through the phone line. In short, the access points* let you roam about our facility with your laptop, PDA, or smartphone, while surfing the Internet at lightening fast speed. This service is free.

Do I Need Any Special Equipment?

Our system will work with any PDA, laptop, or smartphone that has a wireless networking antenna. This is very common, and is standard on most new equipment. We operate at 2.4 & 5ghz, which is compatible with 802.11a,b,& g protocols. This may sound complicated, but don't despair. We assure you that getting online with our system is easy and fun! If your equipment does not already have a wireless networking antenna, one can be purchased from any store that sells computer accessories such as Best Buy. We recommend Linksys brand antennas, but any brand will work. Netgear, and D-Link are also reputable brands.

Morgan Street Brewery is your LAN Party Headquarters!

Surfing the Internet is the biggest advantage of our wireless system. You can check your e-mail, research a term paper, or pay your bills right from the bar! While the system is in fact a network, other computers in the restaurant can not gain access to your files.....unless you let them. Let me explain: Computer enthusiasts have a social event called a "LAN party." LAN stands for Local Area Network. A LAN party is when several users get together on a network and share files or play interactive video games. Let's say that a few of your friends have 1000's of files you want from their hard drives. It would be great to get your hands on these files but downloading them from the Internet would take forever even on a high speed connection. They could burn them on CDR's but what a waste of media, not to mention that CDR's only hold 700mb. The answer is to have a LAN party. Transfer rates on a LAN are incredibly fast. Morgan Street uses a wireless LAN (WLAN) and can transfer up to 72 megabit per second! We use full duplex fast Ethernet 10/100 switches coupled with 802.11a,b,& g access points. There are no hubs in our system! There is also no limit to the number of users that can be on at any one time. You simply need to have the same workgroup name and a folder shared on all involved computers. As I mentioned before, this technology is commonly used with interactive video games too. Users play these games through the Internet, but often the action is slow and this essentially ruins the 3D gaming experience. These same games played on a LAN are lightening fast and become an engaging social experience when the other players are sitting around drinking beer in the same room. Bring your friends and have a laptop WLAN party!

E-mail the banquet department if you would like to schedule a LAN party. They will only be able to help you in scheduling a private room for your group. For technical support or questions e-mail Brewmaster/Webmaster Marc Gottfried. Here's some important information you need to know if you are interested in having your LAN party at Morgan Street Brewery. In the dining and bar areas, our network is most useful as a method of Internet access to our customers. Additionally, file sharing, virtual private networking, and playing interactive video games is also welcome. Your only connection choice is wireless (802.11a,b, or g). Securing a private room through the banquet department will get you 110V AC power, and an Ethernet connection (100 megabit) if you prefer it over wireless. We have several private rooms that can handle groups of almost any size. Unfortunately, we have to reserve the right to not seat groups of LAN users in the restaurant or bar area which would take up more than one table or if we are extremely busy.

Who says that you have to know someone to get intimate with their hard drive? Let's say it's 1am on Thursday night. You're relaxing with your laptop and a Red Lager back in the alcoves (1st floor, west wall). On your way in you saw a guy out on the back patio with a computer who looked like he might have some videos. Run up there and ask him, "Hey, do you want to file share?"  It doesn't matter which access point each user is connected to, since they are all on the same network. He's one floor up and outside listening to the DJ, you're in the basement back in the corner taking it easy. Let our switches do the work, and see what he has to offer! Lots of users will have a folder set up just for sharing already loaded with files.