Team 3 Webpage

Heartbeat #13

From: Team #3 (Dalat, Chris, Shadi, Fritz, and Tyler)
Heartbeat Msg: #13

To: ECE470/CSC402 Instructors
To email: net_heartbeat@renoir.csc.ncsu.edu

Subject: Heartbeat #13 From Team 3

Date: 11/29/02

1. Task Status:

- Revising the final RFC draft.
- Preparing for the presentation.
- Had a meeting with Dr. Vouk on 11/26 to talk about the solution to the problem our group is facing (see section 5 for more details).
- Had a great Turkey Day ! :)

Below is the schedule file:
[Schedule]

2. Personnel Status:
Dalat Bui - Lead
Chris Brezovec - Vice Lead
K. Fritz Lehr - Webmaster
Shadi Eskama - Member
Tyler Humprey - Member

3. Risk Status:

Below is the risk table:

Rank Now	Rank History	Loss-Causing Event	Likelihood of the Loss-Causing Event Occuring	Estimated Severity (or Loss)	Current Risk
1	1,1	Very likely, we're not able to get the badges to access the lab on Centennial campus 24/7, which does not give us flexibility to learn about the AC devices and test the test cases (see the problem section for more info.)	0.98	0.65	0.65
2	2,4	Revising the drafts is getting more technical. Thus we'll have to spend a lot of time "thinking" and reviewing the RFCs, especially at technical sections. Since other classes demand the same amount of work and many of us are under the pressure of finding jobs, this can make the situation become very stressful - hopefully none of us will become crazy by the end of the semester :(	0.40	0.7	0.3
3	3,3,3,3	Many of us have come to the point in the semester where tests and projects are due. Finding time to get to centenial campus and finish up the project is becoming a problem.	0.4	0.65	0.3
4	4,2,1,4,3,2	Some ACs such as Redback SMS 10000 and net.com SCREAM are still in the ordering process. They may not be available any time soon.	0.3	0.1	0.1

4. Problem List:

- We still do not have any form of lab access unless Ralph or Kumar lets us in.
- The AC's are unavailable.

5. Any other issues you wish to report, raise, address, ...

The meeting with Dr. Vouk on Tuesday evening was about the problem we are facing for quite a while. The main problem is that the Access Concentrators at Spirent are still not available. Without access to the lab (either remotely or in person) and without the availability of the AC's, we are unable to run some testcases to obtain results for the project write-up. In addition, we cannot do the demo without the AC's. After talking to Dr. Vouk about the problem, we agreed that for the result part and the presentation, we will just have to explain what we wrote for the RFC. Also, instead of the demo, we will have a meeting with the Instructor(s) to answer questions about the project.

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