Present:

• Erick Engelke, Engineering Computing
• Bruce Campbell, Engineering Computing
• Ray White, IST
• Dave Walsh, Engineering Computing
• Mahindra Sangara, Systems Design
• Bernie Roehl, Electrical and Computer Engineering
• Steve Hitchman, Mechanical
• Mike Herz, Civil Engineering
• Hon Tam, Engineering Computing
• Hector Budman, Associate Dean For Computing, Faculty of Engineering
• Martin MacLeod, Engineering Computing
• Mike Gore, ICR
• Eric Praetzel, E&CE

Regrets

• Paul Ludwig, ICR
• Paul Martin, Management Sciences
• Richard Scott, Civil Engineering
• Pete Routledge, Mechanical Engineering
• Dennis Herman, Chemical

Discussion:

Wireless

• discussion of current state of campus wireless strategy, and the issues to be addressed by CNAG
• concern about special Engineering lab deployments where we want private WLANs
• eg. heavy equipment lab which is reconfigurable, unsuitable and cost-prohibitive for Cat5
• agreement that exemptions should exist to wireless law
• who authorizes exemptions
• Bluetooth shares 2.4 GHz bandwidth

Nexus Topics

• All EC labs and WEEF lab expected to be Nexus for September
• departmental reps expect to be converted for January 2003
• Engfile will be introduced into Nexus domain (Ed. completed April 15, 2002) and will then use encrypted passwords.