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Wow, that was a lot of connecting! Now let's apply it.
In this section we're going to let everyone find out what their school has in place as far as LANs are concerned. Then we're going to have everybody report what they find to the forum. If you don't have a LAN close at hand, we'll let you write a proposal to get one.
(If you need a refresher on the techie language of networking, check out the "Extend" section and then come back here.)
Research
If you're working in a school, or have access to one, find the
system administrator and ask her/him what exactly they have in place.
If you don't have access to any form of networked computers to study,
write a proposal about why you need to install a LAN and what
you'll do with it. Justification for funding is the key here (see 3,
below).
Report what you found in terms of these five categories to the
Newsgroup.
- Name of school and location
- LANs (number of computers? printers? what they are used for,
by whom, and how much?).
- Servers (number, function).
- Internet connectivity (what speed? what type of lines? who is
the provider?).
- District connectivity--how this school is connected to the rest of the schools in the district.
If you're doing a proposal instead, post it to the Newsgroup (Session 8: Apply) . Here's what to include in your proposal:
