CURRENT_MEETING_REPORT_ Reported by Mark Alexander Davis-Craig/Merit Minutes of the Low-Cost IP Hardware Wish List BOF (LOIP) Mark Davis-Craig chaired the BOF in place of Laura Breeden. The charge of the Group was to come up with a wish list of what we'd like to see in a low-cost piece of IP hardware, and to give that list to FARNET. We had the critical mass necessary for a good 2.5 hour discussion with adequate representation from network providers, vendors, and people trying to connect K-12. We made the following recommendations: o FARNET should submit an RFI to vendors with requirements stipulated by FARNET members (network providers) and not with requirements of those who may ultimately use said box for their Internet connectivity. o An inventory of today's existing solutions should be taken. o A matrix of costs and responsibilities should be created to help buyers of network access make good choices with respect to the balance between low-cost and low-maintenance. With that data, FARNET should be able to bundle some ``startup kits'' of software and hardware for various environments to make it easier for small institutions to get connected. The unedited comments, which were written on transparencies at the meeting, follow. I intend to rewrite them later in a more coherent fashion. Editor's Note (md): A complete listing of the ``unedited'' comments is available via ftp under loip-minutes-93mar.txt. Refer to Section 1.2 of the Proceedings for retrieval instructions. Attendees Mark Davis-Craig mad@merit.edu Sallie Fellows sallie@ed.unh.edu Terry Gray gray@cac.washington.edu John Hascall john@iastate.edu John Klensin klensin@infoods.unu.edu Daniel Long long@nic.near.net Paul Lustgraaf grpjl@iastate.edu Bruce Nelson bnelson@novell.com David O'Leary doleary@cisco.com Roy Perry rperry@advtech.uswest.com 1