Kevin Braun

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Weekly Log

Week of March 23, 2007

Tuesday March 20, 2007

  • Discussed needs for web filtering with Mrs. Kolata
  • I believe she is interested in a way of doing content filtering that is within the budget of the school
  • Researched Surfcontrol and other web content filtering options

- Kbraun

Thursday March 22, 2007

  • GoogleCalendar has been created and embedded on the frontpage. Will discuss Friday the best way to implement functionality.

- Kbraun

Week of March 30, 2007

Tuesday March 27, 2007

  • Served as a sounding board for Patrick during his troubleshooting of the wireless router. Determined that further testing is required.
  • Added events to EPICS calendar
    • Weekly school visits
    • Friday all-hands meetings
    • Notre Dame academic calendar

Thursday March 29, 2007

  • Continued research of JHDocuments folder at '\\tmasrv01\Shared\JHDocuments\' on Computer 2
  • jhlab access
    • Access from My Computers by clicking on initial subfolders denied
    • Access typing '\\tmasrv01\Shared\' is denied
    • Access from the JHDocuments folder by clicking the Up link is denied
  • Synchronize Problem
    • When the JHDocuments folder is accessed, the Synchronize message appears
    • "The folder in online, but out of date"
    • Clicking the Synchronize button an error about a bad parameter at \\tmasrv01\jhlab$\
    • Error also appeared after logging out of 'administrator' account on Computer 2
    • However, after saving a new copy, correctly updated file appears on Computer 3 with no sign of corruption or error
  • Potential Future Work
    • Mapping a Network Drive accessible from My Computer (further information from Microsoft)
    • Cleaning up other links viewable but denied from My Computer (accmath, cc40, accread, users\jhlab)
    • Creating unique folders for each student
    • Teaching the students via a tutorial
  • Busy Work
    • Updated the clocks on all computers
    • Changed time zone from Eastern Indiana to Eastern Daylight

- Kbraun

Week of April 13, 2007

Tuesday April 10, 2007

  • Worked with Patrick attempting to configure wireless
    • Configured router configurations from his laptop while has was working in server closet
    • Able to appear visible to server, establish a reservation, but router DHCP did not seem to work

Thursday April 12, 2007

  • Final touches on network folder JHDocuments
    • Obtained class roster and made a subfolder for each person
    • Created desktop shortcut, replaced 'My Documents' shortcut
  • Tutorial
    • Introduced students to concepts
    • Enforced permissions, access to this folder only
    • Stressed importance of not saving to desktop or My Documents folder

- Kbraun

Week of April 20, 2007

Tuesday April 17, 2007

  • Connected to the Wiki via our new router at the school!

- Kbraun 10:39, 17 April 2007 (EDT)

Thursday April 19, 2007

  • Taught the second group of students about the JHDocuments shared folder
    • Tutorial was well received, some students had already learned of the folder from teachers or other students
  • Learned of new problems inside the science room
    • Only 1 computer is connected to the Internet
    • Worked with the Cisco 802 router present, but was unfamiliar with its operation
    • A project for next week's work

- Kbraun

Week of April 27, 2007

Tuesday April 24, 2007

  • Worked one more time on the wireless connection
    • The router now "works too well"
    • Broadcasts a DHCP signal not only to laptops, but back to the server and to computers already connected in the JH room
    • Possible fix includes setting up a VLAN, which requires more research

- Kbraun

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