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UNIGROUP GENERAL MEETING
MEETING INTRODUCTION
Unigroup wishes you a Happy New Year 2017!
Unigroup's January 2017 meeting will be on the Latest Wireless Communications WiFi Standards.
*** Note: This meeting is happening +1 week later than normal.
Unigroup Elections: Unigroup holds Board of Director Elections every January. If you are a Unigroup Member and would like to run for the Unigroup Board, please contact us on or before our January meeting. Board members are expected to regularly attend Unigroup General and Board Meetings, and basically help the rest of the board run Unigroup. If you would like to help out Unigroup, but not join the board officially, please let us know. Unigroup needs your help! Unigroup is a not-for-profit volunteer organization, and has been serving the Greater NYC Metro Unix/Linux/BSD Users Community for over 30 years!
SPECIAL INSTRUCTIONS:
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Please RSVP as soon as possible, preferably at least 2-3 days
prior to the meeting date, so we can plan the food order.
RSVP deadline is usually the night before the meeting day.
Note: RSVP is requested for this location to make sure the guard
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properly plan the meeting (food, drinks, handouts,
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If you forget to RSVP prior to the meeting day, you may
still be able to show up and attend our meeting, however,
we cannot guarantee what building security will do if
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DIRECTIONS
Location:
The Cooper Union (http://www.cooper.edu)
School of Engineering (*** New Building ***)
41 Cooper Square (3rd Avenue @ 7th Street, between 6th & 7th Streets)
East Village, Manhattan
New York City, 10003
Meeting Room: ** (See Above, Room May Change Month-to-Month)
Located on the East side of Cooper Square. Look for the
new building with the non-traditional appearance.
Entrance is at the corner of 3rd Avenue and 7th Street.
Building lobby sign-in is required at the guard's desk.
Enter the building, check in with the guard at the lobby for
directions to the Unigroup Meeting Room.
Nearest mass transit stations are:
'6' to Astor Place (stops right at The Cooper Union),
then walk 1 block East and 1 block South.
'R' to 8th Street, then walk about 2 blocks East
then 1 block South.
'4/5/N/Q' to Union Square, then walk South and East.
or transfer to the downtown '6' to Astor Place.
'B/D/F/V' to Broadway-Lafayette, then walk North and East.
or transfer to the uptown '6' to Astor Place.
Free street parking in the area becomes available at 6pm.
There are parking lots on Broadway, at (or just South of) 8th
Street, across from the West side of Cooper Square, as well
as various others in the area.
PRESENTATION OUTLINE
Topic: The Latest WiFi Standards
Related Topics/Keywords:
Computer Network Communications, Wireless/WiFi, 802.11, Standards.
Introduction & Description of Talk:
This talk will be an overview of Wireless WiFi Communications Standards and WiFi Fundamentals.
Presentation Outline:
References & Web Resources:
Wi-Fi Alliance:
http://www.wi-fi.org
IEEE 802.11ac (Wikipedia):
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IEEE_802.11ac
IEEE 802.11 (Wikipedia):
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IEEE_802.11
IEEE 802.11 Working Group:
http://www.ieee802.org/11
IEEE-SA Standards "GET 802" Program:
http://standards.ieee.org/about/get/802/802.11.html
"802.11ac: A Survival Guide" at O'Reilly Labs:
http://chimera.labs.oreilly.com/books/1234000001739
Network Computing on How Does MU-MIMO Work?
http://www.networkcomputing.com/wireless-infrastructure/how-does-mu-mimo-work/748964231
Cisco Technical WhitePaper on 802.11ac Wi-Fi:
http://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/products/collateral/wireless/aironet-3600-series/white_paper_c11-713103.html
Unigroup 201701 ITSavvy WiFi Standards Presentation:
Unigroup_20170126_Wireless_ITSavvy_ConorLyons_Presentation_20170125_v1_a.pdf
SPEAKER BIOGRAPHY
Conor Lyons, Solutions Architect
Conor brings an in-depth knowledge of designing and deploying local area networks, security, and wireless solutions with a proven track record for resolving mission critical issues while adapting to rapidly changing environments that ensure bottom line success.
Conor has more than 10 years in diverse information technology and industry experience. He has fulfilled multiple roles in systems design, deployment and support of wireless and network-based access controlled solutions. Conor is an experienced lead engineer of network technologies ranging from LAN/WAN, Security, Datacenter, and Wireless. He has hundreds of WLAN deployments in through his career with over 20,000 access points deployed.
Conor's professional career includes: ITsavvy Inc, Marcum Technologies, Core BTS, Custom Computer Specialists, St. John's University, Intelligent Network Communications, ICOA/Webcenter Technologies, and a central school district.
Credentials:
DeVry University - Bachelor, Network & Communication Management.
Johnson & Wales University - BS, Network Engineering.
Technologies: LAN/WAN, 802.11, 802.1X, DHCP, DNS, OSPF, EIGRP,
RIP, HSRP, TLS, VSS, VoIP, mDNS, Multicast.
COMPANY BIOGRAPHY
For information about ITsavvy, please visit: http://www.itsavvy.com
GIVEAWAYS
Addison-Wesley Professional/Prentice Hall PTR/Pearson, and O'Reilly have been kind enough to provide us with review copies of some of their books, which we will continue to raffle off as giveaways at our meetings. The publishers always ask that the persons receiving the books provide a review and/or feedback about their books.
Unigroup would like to thank both publishing companies for the support provided by their User Group programs.
As always, all of the books will be available for review at the start of the meeting.
Note: Our book supply is currently running low, and we need to restock.
FEE SCHEDULE
Unigroup is a Professional Technical Organization and User Group, and its members pay a yearly membership fee. For Unigroup members, there is usually no additional charges (ie. no meeting fees) during their membership year. Non-members who wish to attend Unigroup meetings are usually required to pay a "Single Meeting Fee".
Yearly Membership (includes all meetings): $ 50.00
Student Yearly Membership (with current! ID): $ 25.00
Non-Member Single Meeting: $ 20.00
Non-Member Student Single Meeting (with! ID): $ 5.00
* Payment Methods: Cash, Check, American Express.
MasterCard, VISA, Discover (since 2013).
! Students: We are looking for proof that you are
currently enrolled in classes (rather than working
full-time), and as such, your Student ID should show
a CURRENT date. We have been presented Student IDs
containing NO dates whatsoever, and in the
current environment, perpetual/non-expiring access
to university facilities just does not feel right.
If your ID contains no date, please bring
additional proof of current enrollment. Thanks.
NOTE: Simply receiving Unigroup Email Announcements does NOT indicate membership in Unigroup.
Members: Remember to bring your membership card with you to the meeting, to confirm your yearly renewal date!
FOOD AND REFRESHMENTS
Complimentary Food and Refreshments will be served. This includes "wraps" such as turkey, roast beef, chicken, tuna and grilled vegetables as well as assorted salads (potato, tossed, pasta, etc), cookies, brownies, bottled water and assorted beverages.
** However, we are planning Pizza and Soft Drinks for this meeting.
Our thanks go to Red Hat for sponsoring the food service for this meeting!
Please join us for this meeting, you won't want to miss it!
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