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- Installation Procedure
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- User comes in bearing a machine for installation. We need a procedure
- to see him through.
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- We'll have one LAN of bridged 10BT hubs. We will furnish all cables.
- Each cable-end distal to the hub will be marked with a tag stating its
- IP address, hostname, netmask, and DNS server IP.
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- 192.168.1.1 bigbrother.cabal.gov 255.255.255.0 192.168.1.1
- 192.168.1.2 2.cabal.gov 255.255.255.0 192.168.1.1
- 192.168.1.3 3.cabal.gov 255.255.255.0 192.168.1.1
- 192.168.1.4 4.cabal.gov 255.255.255.0 192.168.1.1
- 192.168.1.5 4.cabal.gov 255.255.255.0 192.168.1.1
- 192.168.1.6 4.cabal.gov 255.255.255.0 192.168.1.1
- 192.168.1.7 4.cabal.gov 255.255.255.0 192.168.1.1
- 192.168.1.8 4.cabal.gov 255.255.255.0 192.168.1.1
- 192.168.1.9 4.cabal.gov 255.255.255.0 192.168.1.1
- 192.168.1.10 10.cabal.gov 255.255.255.0 192.168.1.1
- 192.168.1.11 11.cabal.gov 255.255.255.0 192.168.1.1
- 192.168.1.12 12.cabal.gov 255.255.255.0 192.168.1.1
- 192.168.1.13 13.cabal.gov 255.255.255.0 192.168.1.1
- 192.168.1.14 14.cabal.gov 255.255.255.0 192.168.1.1
- 192.168.1.15 15.cabal.gov 255.255.255.0 192.168.1.1
- 192.168.1.16 16.cabal.gov 255.255.255.0 192.168.1.1
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- "bigbrother" will be my machine, running bind. It will have
- NFS export, and both regular CD and a CDR drive. And lots of
- disk space. And ftp'able files. And Apache, with informational
- pages (if I have time to write them).
-
- I can make sure I have these patch cables pre-assembled and ready
- to go. (My port is only a four-banger, but we can use multiples
- using crossover cables. Other ports _will_ be brought.)
-
- I do not intend to interconnect this network to the Internet, so
- the private IPs (RFC 1597) and joke domain name are not a problem.
-
- A volunteer checks in the machine. Check-in must be complete BEFORE
- the machine is allowed to be connected. (SVLUG's InstallFest network
- went screwy because of bizarre IP traffic emitted by non-organised
- volunteers who didn't know what they were doing.)
-
- The volunteer also requires of the machine owner a signed disclaimer
- and release of liability. We need this because of data on the owners'
- hard drives, and because of potential monitor damage if X gets badly
- misconfigured.
-
- I'd suggest that Linux problem-solving cases be physically off to one
- side, and installations off on the other.
-
- Information sheets about BALUG, SFpcUG, SVLUG, and BALE should be
- handed out.
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