International Science and Technology Conference 200 (ISTC 2009), South Africa

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Prof. B.N. Gatsheni, PhD; Email:

Secretariat, ISTC 2009

Affiliation and Address: Dept of ICT, Vaal University of Technology, Vanderbijlpark 1900, South Africa

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Reviewer’s Name Axel Sikora Referee No.

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Review of

GUIDELINES FOR THE IMPLEMENTATION OF A WIRELESS LAN AT THE FACULTY OF ICT AT TUT

Wonga Ntshinga, MTech: Information Technology student, Tshwane University of Technology,

Jan Mentz, Senior Lecturer, Faculty of ICT, Tshwane University of Technology

On a scale of 1 to 5, with 5 being the best and 1 being the worst, assess the following

  1. The general level of technical quality3
  2. The level of reader interest do you anticipate1
  3. The disclosed results are significant3
  4. The paper describes original work3
  5. The work is making a significant understanding in the field of study2

On Presentation, using a scale of 1 to 5, with 5 being the best and 1 being the worst, assess:

  1. The abstract an adequate digest of the work reported2
  2. The introduction clarifies the background and motivation2
  3. Shows adequate knowledge of the field of study and relevant literature3
  4. The paper clarifies what has been done and why2
  5. The order of presentation is satisfactory3
  6. The presentation is overly verbose3
  7. The presentation is overly concise2
  8. The English grammar is acceptable2
  9. The paper contains material worthy of publication3
  10. The exercise of critical judgment with regard to both the candidate’s work and that of other scholars in the same general field has been done 3
  11. The paper gives a coherent structure understandable to a scholar in the same field with regard to intentions, background, methods and conclusion. 3

The reviewer strongly recommends three further aspects:

-Systematically collect all requirements, before proposing the solutions.

-Include the WLAN management issue into the process. This one is crucial for a successful roll-out. Please feel free to contact the reviewer, as we have quite a bit of experience on campus WLAN on our site (~135 APs …)

-Depending on the wired infrastructure, consider 802.11s