Groups Pages

In order to "practice what we preach" the class will be broken up into five groups.  Each group will investigate, report and develop a network based on the operating system or solution listed above.  Each group will have one IP address to share with a small network of computers (using some form of NAT, ICS, etc.).

Team Assignment  Due no later than 4:30pm Friday, January 31, turned in to the MIS 470 folder outside my office door.  One report per group, in a memo format.  In the memo, you will report to me your team members names, the name of your Team Leader, and the email and phone numbers of each team member.  You will also need to keep track of your time spent meeting outside of class, as well as class time spent working on your project.  Either the team leader or another person in the group needs to keep track of time spent (time spent will be part of your final project report).

Configuration Plan Assignment  Due before TO BE ANNOUNCED.  One report per group, printed out and turned in to me.  Each report will vary depending on the group's networking solution, the following is just a guideline to follow. 

1. Hardware description
   CPU
   RAM
   Hard drive
   NIC #1 (model, MAC address, etc.)
   NIC #2
2. System Software description
   OS version
   hard drive partitioning scheme
   administrative password
   user(s) password(s)
3. Network configuration description
   IP addressing scheme
4. User roles
   

Monday, February 27:  Please review your groups pages.  I have made some additional comments regarding tasks that your specific group will have to perform.  It is important that each group have their operating system installed with adequate security - including keeping up-to-date with the latest service pack (if applicable) and using the Windows Update feature.  Those of you with the routers will have to install the most recent firmware update(s) to your devices.  

I will discuss this in class more tonight, but I have purchased six removable hard drive bays and six sleds.  Each group will have their own 40 gigabyte hard drive to install their operating system on.  You will use one of the lab computers and your group's hard drive.  I have also ordered six SMC PCI Ethernet NICs for your group for your internal network (may not be needed by the router groups).  Each group will have their own 8-port hub to connect to for the internal network.  

This page last updated on Thursday, May 22, 2003 16:22:12