Restricted/Limited Access Network phase 2 project meeting

Monday, February 1, 2016; 3:00 p.m.; RB14-115

Invited

Imogen Giles, Gary Hess, Brian Jones, Ron Keller, Greg Kroll, Steve Lee, Lucas Sullivan, Brad Tilley

Agenda

  1. RLAN Status Updates

  2. RLAN Adoption
  3. Open forum

Attended

Gary Hess, Greg Kroll, Steve Lee, Lucas Sullivan, Brad Tilley

Meeting Notes

  1. RLAN Status Updates
    1. Current maintenance are to permanently enable blocks for Intrusion Prevention System (IPS). Primarily to block BitTorrent.
    2. There is a meeting this Wednesday (2/3/2016) to discuss RLAN delivery option pricing with IT management.
      1. For more info see RLAN-client-options.pdf  and http://www.cns.vt.edu/data_departmentRate.html
    3. Brad announced that testing is going on to enable all connections (RLAN, Open, and phone) over the Avaya phones. New Avaya firmware may enable this.
    4. Steve commented that 802.1x needs more testing but should be the direction we go with the RLAN.
    5. Brad said that system administrators of the departments that are using the RLAN have a difficult time configuring computers for the current connection to the RLAN. There are issues with the vlan to trunk delivery option.
    6. For users that want just a single computer for everything will need two network interface cards (NICs) installed.
    7. RLAN VPN is working fine with about 2-5 users total.
    8. Steve said that there are plans to start a project later this year that will allow IPv6 on the RLAN.
  2. RLAN Adoption
    1. We need to reduce barriers to entry/joining the RLAN to make it more palatable to departments.
    2. Human Resources (HR) is not on the RLAN at all.
    3. Controller Office has a minimal number of users on the RLAN.
    4. Registrar has all but two employees on the RLAN (approximately 30 users total).
    5. Bursar has most employees on the RLAN (approximately 50 users total).
    6. Financial Aid has a new system administrator which will slow the adoption rate there until they become more familiar with the RLAN.
    7. How can we increase the RLAN adoption rate?
      1. Mandate its use?
      2. Offer the first year free?
  3. Open forum
    1. Steve explained that he and Gary will represent NI&S at these RLAN project meetings and that Brian Jones and Ron Keller will not be attending on a regular basis.