NetLabMeetingX2

Attendance

Bob Vitale, Brad Smith, Dave Van Uen, Suprdave, Vladi Petkov

Goals for this group

  • determine what is needed for undergraduate lab (BE168)
  • determine what is needed for the advanced lab (E2-5xx)
  • document how labs are done, provide a menu of other potential labs.
  • publish info about the lab that helps faculty understand how the equipment can be used for the lab.
  • Start list of books needed from Cisco
  • Get notes from Marc Mosko for CE150, what did he invision for the lab.
  • what classes will be using lab next year.
  • Get Syllabus for CE157 from Pat G. Prequistes for classes next year.

Things to Do.

  • Vladi - register on wiki
  • Bob - get Network Lab mailman list started.
  • Bob - make wiki site for requested Cisco Book,
  • All - add to list of books to ask Cisco for.
  • Bob - schedule next meeting June th, 2:30pm; invite Rick Grazani (from Cabrillo)
  • Brad & Bob - post notes from Marc Mosko to wiki about how lab was envisioned to be.
  • Findout what Network classes are being taught next year. Get syllabuses for last time taught.

Status of Items from last meeting

  • Bob - reserve some funds for posters, 1 good server, additional network cards, what about newer computers??
  • Brad - find rack for 598 advanced lab (does NTS have any?)
  • ??? - Get donation of Cisco books for certifications.
  • Bob - window for BE168 lab. (need costing).

Lab Improvements needed

  • window into lab.
  • Need more electrical circuits in lab.
  • Network taps in BE168A? needed. Currently our internet connection is ad-hok CAT5E? wiring that goes under the door into east chase. Need several CAT5E? connections into BE168A? using wiremold.
  • Small whiteboards on walls that don't have anything yet.

Discussion

Labs done this year:
(1) T1 and Ethernet; physical layer, attentuation and loss (demo)
(2) ethereal
(3) Router
(4?) TCP Trace lab was not orginially planned. Looking at the transport layer. Was the last lab, 1 week before finals and did not go off. Was suppose to be a demo. There is no documentation for this lab.

Brad - can do a tcp dump -> tcptrace -> xplot This provides an easy way to understand TCP flow.

  • Set ALLOWTOPICCHANGE = LabStaffGroup?
  • Set ALLOWTOPICRENAME = LabStaffGroup?

-- BobVitale? - 05 Jul 2005