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| 19 | JohnMcPherson | 1 | !Overview of Meeting |
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| 3 | Wireless Networking and Linux, Monday 23rd June. | ||
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| 5 | This presentation was by [CRCnet|http://www.crc.net.nz], part of the [WAND Research Group|http://www.wand.net.nz] in the ComputerScience Department at WaikatoUniversity. | ||
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| 7 | The meeting was well attended with around 40 people present, some coming from Auckland and Rotorua. | ||
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| 9 | JamieCurtis and MattBrown gave an excellent presentation, which included the following main areas (sorry if I got the order wrong): | ||
| 10 | # a general introduction to the protocols (802.11 a, b, and g) and how it was influenced by the [CSMA/CD] design of wired ethernet, and proprietary protocols/hardware. Access Points vs Ad-hoc networks, bridged networks, SSID for network name, 11 overlapping channels in the 2.4 GHz unregulated spectrum. | ||
| 11 | # linux support of wireless gear, including configuration of kernel module support and use of the pcmcia-cs package, and setting up scripts to provide SSID and other network settings. | ||
| 12 | # security, broken-ness of [WEP], use of a firewall/demilitarised zone and pptp/tunnelling to only allow authorised wireless machines onto the network proper. | ||
| 13 | # CRCnet - network of wireless links connecting schools around Waikato. Live video conferencing with Murray Pearson over the network. | ||
| 14 | # Hardware - show and tell - almost all wireless equipment is based on [PCMCIA] cards, many different antennae, expected range of different designs, proprietary hardware, maximum allowable gain/dB, more directional == less power needed, prices. | ||
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| 16 | This was followed by a presentation from Roger De Salis about plans for a high-speed backbone between the major centres, up to 64Gbps between Auckland and Christchurch, linking most of the universities, and for [VoIP] phones. | ||
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| 18 | After mingling, the meeting adjourned to the tea room for hot drinks and plenty of chocolate biscuits. | ||
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| 20 | Many thanks to [CRCnet] and the [WandGroup] for sponsoring the cost of the room booking. | ||
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| 22 | -- JohnMcPherson | ||
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| 25 | !WLUG Executive Committee Meeting %%% | ||
| 26 | !26 June 2003 %%% | ||
| 27 | !Meeting Minutes | ||
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| 29 | Present: Daniel, Jamie, Craig B, Craig M, Perry, Greig %%% | ||
| 30 | Apologies: Bruce, Phil %%% | ||
| 31 | Absent: Kim, Gavin %%% | ||
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| 33 | Meeting opened at 7:03pm. | ||
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| 35 | !1. Minutes from previous meeting | ||
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| 37 | Motion: that minutes are a true and accurate record of the previous meeting | ||
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| 39 | Moved Jamie %%% | ||
| 40 | Seconded Daniel | ||
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| 42 | Motion passed | ||
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| 44 | !2. Reports from previous meeting | ||
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| 46 | Daniel has written letter to S. Gupta - to be sealed and posted by Craig B. | ||
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| 48 | Craig Mckenna has talked to ASB - we were incorrectly set up as a cheque account instead of a society account. This has been fixed and we will be credited. | ||
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| 50 | !3. General Business | ||
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| 52 | There is interest in Linux classes in Raglan - Greig is to bring this up at the meeting. | ||
| 53 | The WLUG would like to officially thank CRCnet and the WAND group for their sponsorship of this meeting. | ||
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| 55 | Next meeting: BruceKingsbury - Windows replacement software for Linux %%% | ||
| 56 | MatthewLuckie has expressed interest in a [FreeBSD] presentation for the month after. | ||
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| 58 | Meeting closed at 7:12pm | ||
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| 20 | WikiAdmin | 62 | See also OldMeetingTopics and CommitteeMeetingTopics for previous meetings |
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