Meeting:2007/06/19

Meeting (to be) held on 2007/06/19 at 19:00 in Zepler CLS Lecture Room

Previous meeting: [[|]] Next meeting: 26 June 2007 19:00:00

Minutes

Summary of the points discussed at yesterday's meeting adapted from the email sent to the mailing list:

• 1. OFCOM CHEQUE
  • Will be sent off ASAP.
  • Question of whether the license is for one year or three years. Assumed for the time being as only one year.
• 2. SOWN INFRASTRUCTURE
  • New servers, Tim hopes to get 2x1U's for us. CAN SOME ONE LINK THE SPECS FOR THESE
  • Some boxes/devices may need to be turned back on, i.e. sown-nat. Speak to Andrew Landells about this.
• 3. SOWN ON CAMPUS
  • Zepler Node
    • Will be first to be repaired. Specs for A and B.
    • Pictures of Zepler Node required.
    • Nick Humfrey to come up with specs required for cables by the end of Wednesday (20/06/2007)
    • Zepler Node should be the easiest to admin due to easier accesibility to the roof. This makes it a good test site for a 802.11a node.
  • Chemistry Node
    • Will need to liase with Estates to get access to roof of chemistry. Speak to James Fox at Estates, (see mailing list for email address). Task delegated to Dave Tarrant.
    • Expect node to be ready for deployment mid-September.
    • May be worth discussing the situation with Faraday. When will power/access be restored for the roof after the refurb?
  • SUSU Node
    • Port on sown vlan should have been set up in the clubs and socs room. This needs to be checked. Task delegated to Paul Dart.
    • If port not setup contact Pete Wood (SUSU IT/Publication Manager) in SUSU so he can action it with ISS.
  • Equipment Required (for all nodes):
    • 1 x Radio MiniPCI for A (Winstrum CM9)
    • 1 x PCMCIA Zacomax (Prism 3.5)
    • 2 x msDist 802.11B/G Aerials - £61 x 2 = £122
    • 1 x msDist 802.11A Aerial - £77.67
  • ECS Networks Contact - Lance Draper and John Wynn.
• 4. SOWN[at]HOME
  • Radius Issues / Mid point server required
    • Signed certificates?
  • Functionality Ideas MIPv6 etc.
    • Protocol 41 forwarding, testing needed? See here. Multicast.
  • Hardware?
    • 3x Buffalo AirStation WHR-HP-G54. Price approx £30 x 3 =~ £110.
  • Firmware?
    • Open-WRT
• 5. Budget Requests
  • (Data Withheld)
• 6. Audit of current equipment
  • Nick & Paul go and find out about bits we have stored in the cupboard in the union. To be completed by the end of Wednesday (20/06/2007). Done here: Kitlist
• 7. Next Meeting
  • Same time same place next week, i.e. Tuesday 26th June 2007 at 7pm in the Zepler Foyer.