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Unimas are going to propose a project to install ePingER hosts in remote Sarawak communities such as Bario in the Kelabit highlands. Initially these would simply be PingER targets responding to pings. Later depending on bandwidth availabilty etc. They could also be turned into PingER monitoring hosts and a web site.
There is an Internet2 / ESnet Joint Techs meeting from the 13th-17th January 2013 in HawaiiHawai, I will attendi. The focal areas are: Network Research and Emerging Technologies; Network Architecture and Operations; R&E Network Applications. there are also usually session on non US networks, for example at the last meeting at Stanford there was a talk on Challenges of Building an Affordable and Scalable Wireless Network at Universities in West Africa & KENET: Where we are , see http://www.internet2.edu/presentations/jt2012summer/20120718-Wanja-Njue.pdf and http://www.internet2.edu/presentations/jt2012summer/20120718-Togo-challenges%20building%20wifi%20networks.pdf. Les has also sent information on a workshop in Salt Lake City in November. Les does not currently know of a particular relevant other conference/meeting especially one on the West Coast of the US or even better in the Bay Area.
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The VC also expressed interest in setting up a meeting with the SLAC Director Persis Drell to share ideas. Les has been working with SLAC's layers of management to set up call between Vice Chancellor of UNIMAS and SLAC Director. SLAC director is requesting requested more information on the reasons for the meeting, and if we look forward, if this collaboration is going to continue, to ensure there is an Associate Director at SLAC sponsoring this collaboration. I was away for a couple of weeks. I have met Tuesday after met after my return with the CIO and he is in favor of pushing forward. He will be contacting requested I work directly with the COO to push forwardset up the meeting. If the VC has particular agenda for the phone meeting that would be useful to prepare for. If it is just a meet and greet it would be good to know that roo.
UNIMAS PingER host name
Imran has successfully assigned the DNS name pinger.unimas.my to the UNIMAS PingER monitor (49.50.236.98). Les has tested the ping and traceroute servers and the ping_data server and all work correctly. Les sent email to Mohamad 8/22/2012 with a reminder 9/5/2012 to to coordinate the changes to the PingER meta data base (NODEDETAILS) and the pinger.xml file at UNIMAS.
Extending UNIMAS PingER hosts monitoring
Has there been any progress on extending pinger.xml at UNIMAS to add a dozen or more hosts in Malaysia. Les sent email to Johari 8/22/2012 requesting an update. Looking at the pinger.xml there has been no progress on this.
It would also be interesting to extend the monitoring to other more centrally connected hosts in the cities of Malaysia. The following hosts were suggested: Mimos in West Malaysia, KL; Kota Kinabalu, the University Malaysia Sabah; Swinburne in Kuching, Miri, Manipal university in KL. Les tested pinging these universities: Swinburne (www.swinburne.edu.my) does not ping; www.curtin.edu.my in Miri does not ping; www.segi.edu.my in Kuching does not ping; University of Malaysia Sabah(www.ums.edu.my) does not respond to ping; Manipal International University pings and has been added to the hosts monitored by SLAC; Mimos has been added; Universiti Putra Malaysia Kampus Bintulu Sarawak (www.btu.upm.edu.my) has been added.
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An ePingER App for an Android or iOS might also be an interesting project.
Next meeting
Thursday 6th September ?? 8pm Pacific Daylight Time, Friday 7th September ?? 11am Malay time.
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