KLUG Meeting Minutes and Agenda (#16)

The 16th meeting of the Kingston Linux User Group was held Mon, Feb. 7, 2000 at 7PM at RMC. 
The meeting lasted until about 10:00 PM.

The attendees were:
Anctil, Carl <canctil@canada.com>
Bekhit, Hersiana <hersiana@hotmail.com>
Conrad-Avarmaa, Brigitte <brica@king.igs.net>
DeRake, Isaac <robbybob@kingston.net>
Drummond, Mark <drummond-m@rmc.ca>
Hull, Lyndsay <lyndsay.pat.kids@sympatico.ca>
Hull, Morgan <lyndsay.pat.kids@sympatico.ca>
Jezak, Edward <jezak-e@rmc.ca>
MacIntosh, Bob <ve3rhm@cybertap.com>
Miller, George <miller1@nortelnetworks.com>
Mitton, Douglas <dmitton@cybertap.com>
Moizer, David <moizerrd@kos.net>
Rowghani, Mahmood <rowghani@hotmail.com>
Shoucri, Rachad <shoucri-r@rmc.ca>
Szafranski, Mike <whigler@sympatico.ca>
Williams, Steve <stephen.williams@sympatico.ca>
Zandbergen, Harry <hzandber@transport.bombardier.com>
<And one more who didn't make it to the list!>

Meeting Schedule: (Monthly, alternating between first Mon and Wed evenings at 7PM.  Locations to be determined.)
    17 - Wed, Mar. 1 at RMC.         (Chris Gulbraith presenting "Setting Up a DNS Server")
    18 - Mon, Apr. 3 at RMC.         (???)
    19 - Wed, May. 3 at RMC.         (???)
                                                               
Summary Of Activities:
   - Web page host and domain name - klug.on.ca has been registered(not yet in use).
   - Internet presence - Temporary web page at http://signals.rmc.ca/klug.
   - Mailing list - klug-subscribe@lists.rmc.ca.

Ideas For Future Meetings:
   - 2000 will be mainly dedicated to networking and network security subjects.
   - Implement CD-RW burner in Linux. 
   - Setting up Apache Web Servers under Linux.
   - KDE KPackage (GUI) software installation demo.

Agenda/Minutes:
1) Roll Call and Introductions (if required) - See attendees above. 
2) This Meeting:

There were 18 attendees to Mark Drummonds "Basic Home Networking" presentation.

Mark started right at the beginning with why you would want a home network, types of networks (TCP/IP) and the 
difference between hosts and gateways. He then touched on hardware, including cards (NICs), hubs, cables and 
coax.

He then went into describing the layers of the protocol stack from the lowest (link) layer to the highest 
(application) layer.  Then outlined the software that can run on it (SMB, NETBIOS, NETBUI, etc).  Next came some 
detail on packet contents and the IP address classes and structures. 

The detail for the entire standard is contained in RFC's which are located at http://www.faqs.org/ should you want
more information.

In addition Mark distributed a couple of copies of Corel Linux he had received as well as some copies of
Mandrake 7.0.  In order to get the "free" items from Corel we must post reviews about the distribution on the KLUG 
web page.  Mark requested those who received or tried out copies to please send him reviews that he can use.

Also, there were tours of the RMC computing facility for those who were interested.

Also, the KLUG web page has been re-structured.  Please pass on any comments or problem reports to Mark.

And, last but not least, if you have any ideas or interests for future meetings, please pass them on to Mark or I.

Thanks to all who attended.

3) Next Meeting
   Wed, Mar. 3, 2000 at RMC for "Setting up a DNS Server".  

4) Socialize / Adjourn