weeks 4 and 5

For the 18th of Feb, at the site we mainly focused on the hardware phase, as it is appearing to be the most labor intensive. A tech who was on the original layout team came out to help us find out why the internet was down. It turns out that the Sun microserver that we thought was not useful is in fact acting as a gateway for the entire network. once we (he) got that up and running again, the internet amazingly appeared. We also talked about what to do with the Sun when we get the new server up and running, and it looks like we will be using it as a backup in case the Winbox dies or needs extended maintenance.

For the 25th of Feb I was unable to attend (military duties again), but I understand that we turned the back lab (#2) into a tutoring room. There was also some various moving of furniture and it looks like the list of software needed is coming along. We should be able to install and configure the Winbox and set up the users

week 3 blog

I missed the weekend project as i had to go to drill for the national guard. Apparently there were some personality conflicts at the site and not as much work got done as a result. I heard that the internet went down and that some of the people who run the site were there as our group was trying to work. still not sure what happened, but think we need to keep the personal issues to a minimum, and definitely have a plan of what we want to do before we get there.

Project - Week 2

Went to the site on Saturday, most of the team was there. There was a little confusion at first, trying to figure out what we were going to do, but that was quickly decided upon. My main project for the day was to work on the server closet. And it is a closet, a very small closet. I inventoried the 2 servers that are there, an old Compaq and a Sun. Neither are being used right now, and I recommend that this stays that way. We are going to build a better server using a PC that will be much faster than the ones they have now. I also found a Hub that was plugged in, and wired for the 'net, and doing nothing. Still not sure where the Cat-5 cables that were plugged into it were going. Finally we started the process of inventorying the working Cat-5 cables and separating them from the ones not being used. With that done, we called it a day and wrapped up around 4 pm.