Day 4 Blog Post
We started out the day by running updates on our Windows Server 2008. This took some time and several reboots. While this process was occurring Lyle talked about fixing the router. Afterward we went through telnet to perform checks on our system. We were able to ascertain that our network was functioning correctly because we had 4 lines in the test results. The screenshot below shows the routes that the incoming traffic will take. Routing tables instruct the router where to send incoming packets.

This routing table shows the IP routes for our network as seen in the webview of our alcatel switch.



Some general advice on using the GUI (graphical user interface) The GUI is a way to “see” the switch. Humans like using GUI because we are visual creatures who mostly process sensory information through our eyes.

• Using webview you can see in a graphical manner what is going on.
• It is faster to use the cmd prompt than the graphical. Use the web view to check if everything is correct.
• Try to avoid the cmd prompt.
• Tabs on the side of webview show you the commands.
• How we route our traffic.
• If you have multiple net connected to our network, if we have another connection it goes out somewhere else. Set up a routing table on the switch.

Once we had verified that all of our network connections were working it was time to move on to DNS, File services and DHCP. We set up a shared folder on our file server then checked to see if it was accessible. Lyle talked about the importance of properly setting the permission correctly.
Start off with DNS, then do file services, THEN do DHCP. Must do this one step at a time. DHCP allows any machine to connect to the switch.

Internet explorer enhanced security services should be shut off because otherwise it blocks information that prevents us from doing our DNS, File services and DHCP.

Network 5769.local is our parent name.

WINS: Windows Internet Names Service

DHCP Installation

1. Create the scope. The scope is the range of IP addresses. We had to get this info off our diagrams.

2. Default gateway is our switch’s IP 192.168.13.254 (Gateway and router are the same thing)
We plugged my laptop into the switch and it worked. YAHOO!!

We used knoppix to see if we could use the internet on our workstations. Knoppix is a portable operating system which runs off a CD. It is used on a machine that has no operating system installed etc.

We had to perform this test to see if our DNS was configured properly and to see if our Windows Server works with other operating systems.

From Konqueror in Knoppix I went to Go>SambaShares>Password prompt

Drivers are in Sean’s shared folder #25.50

I was able to get into Sean’s folder and install the drivers on our file server. Updates continued through the afternoon.