Present:

• Erick Engelke, Engineering Computing
• Chair: Bruce Campbell, Engineering Computing
• Bernie Roehl, Electrical and Computer Engineering
• Steve Hitchman, Mechanical
• Eric Praetzel, E&CE
• Mike Herz, Civil Engineering
• Pete Routledge, Mechanical Engineering

Regrets

• Dennis Herman, Chemical
• Mahindra Sangara, Systems Design
• Hon Tam, Engineering Computing
• Hector Budman, Associate Dean For Computing, Faculty of Engineering
• Ray White, IST
• Paul Martin, Management Sciences
• Richard Scott, Civil Engineering
• Paul Ludwig, ICR
• Martin MacLeod, Engineering Computing

Discussion:

Wireless

• research labs
  • results of site survey in big Mech / Civil labs - excellent coverage with very few base stations
  • agreement expressed that this is definately an inexpensive route for areas which would otherwise be very expensive - lots of conduit.
  • wireless might be appropriate in some Chemical labs
  • requirement - must be firewalled somehow
    • EC firewalling available for free anywhere in Engineering
    • may use MAC address lists on upstream switch or directly at base station to restrict access to few trusted machines
    • Mike Herz is investigating other firewalling options
    • WEP not good enough to be used alone
• student and general areas
  • Davis Centre is fully coverred, and so will be several areas in Engineering complex where students tend to congregate
  • coverage is an experiment to determine need - can we justify greater coverage in the future.