[K12OSN] newbie

[Will Hatch]

Thanks for the quick reply TP.  I've looked up under the 
hardware browser and found this out about my network 
cards:  
              Ethernet 100/10 mbit 
              manufacturer: Davicom Semiconductor inc 
	      driver: dmfe 
	      device: /dev/eth0 
this is the card I have attached to the cable modem, and 
it works.  I am using it to write to you now.  It seems 
that the internet connection works slower than it should.   
 
               Network Everywhere Fast Ethernet 10/100 
model nc100 
               manufacturer: Linksys 
               driver: tulip 
               device: /dev/eth1 
 
That is what I know of the nic cards.   
 
The setup at the school is this: my room is the computer 
lab.  There are 6 computers currently here.  I have taken 
one and made a server out of it (what I am currently using 
to communicate with you right now). The server will be 
located in this room, and there will be 5 workstations for 
now.  I would like to add 1 more in the future.  There are 
two other rooms in the school, each having 1 pc with 
internet access.  Eventually it would be nice to add 5 
workstations in each of these rooms. However, by September 
1st I would like to have seven workstations (5 in the lab 
and one each in the other rooms.  These will be 
workstations for teachers.  Students only use computers in 
the lab).  
 
I have two other pieces of equipment currently in use.   
 
Netgear 8 port DS108 dual speed hub 
Dlink DI704 router. 
 
Our network is very cobbed up.  Some of the computer have 
been utilizing windows 98, some xp home/pro.  The other 
teachers computers (not in the lab), were connected to the 
router.  I believe this was so they could have access to 
the internet while it not being available in the lab to 
students. Will this hub work? I'm not sure where to 
connect the cable from eth1.   
 
Look forward to hearing form you again! 
 
Will  
 
 
 
 
   
>  
> From: "Terrell Prudé, Jr." <microman at cmosnetworks.com> 
> Date: 2004/07/02 Fri AM 07:38:01 EDT 
> To: "Support list for opensource software in schools." 
<k12osn at redhat.com> 
> Subject: Re: [K12OSN] newbie 
>  
> Will Hatch wrote: 
>  
> >Hello All, 
> > 
> >I am a teacher at a small school who is attempting to 
break from the cycle of not being able to upgrade 
operating systems and hardware for budget reasons, by 
installing the k12 terminal server.  I only initially 
intend to have 7 thin clients to start.  I took our best 
pc and upgraded the RAM to 1 gig, installed a second 
network card, and a new hard drive with plenty of room on 
it.  I bought the k12 cd package and installed it to my 
new server.  While installing, I tried to follow the 
default setup as much as possible.  Now, I've managed to 
activate 1 of the nic cards (eth1), which is directly 
connected to my cable modem.  The way I understand it, out 
of the other nic card, I am to have a cable that connects 
to my hub.  I can't seem to get this activated.   
> > 
> >Truthfully, I am going to need some help getting this 
thing up and running.  Over the years, I have become 
better than average with Windows, but am very new to 
Linux.  Eventually, I would like to implement content 
filtering to the internet access and set it up so my 
students only have access to certain applications.  Can 
anybody take the time to walk me through this?  Thanks!  
-Will 
> > 
>  
> We'll do our best.  Yes, indeed, you are to have a cable 
that connects  
> to the hub.  Note: it is much, much better if you can 
hook it up to a  
> switch instead of a hub.  Do you know what kind of NIC 
the one that's  
> not getting activated is? 
>  
> Also, how many clients do you eventually plan to have, 
and on what  
> timeline?  This will likely affect any recommendations 
you might get  
> from us about the hardware. 
>  
> BTW, you ought to see one of my deployments.  Ancient 
Pentium I's, and  
> they just f-l-y with K12LTSP, so you're going down the 
right path. 
>  
> --TP 
>  
>  
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