diff --git a/handbook/computing/computer.html b/handbook/computing/computer.html index 153093686..2a0ebd7ca 100644 --- a/handbook/computing/computer.html +++ b/handbook/computing/computer.html @@ -93,7 +93,7 @@ Configuring the scanner to be used via WiFi is yet to be done, but the printer i directly but we haven't got this configured properly yet.) Use a usb stick to transfer files for printing if you can't get your own laptop or phone to work with the printer. -<h3>The Expo Laptops: Crowley's Friend: Aziraphale</h3> +<h3 id="network">The Expo Laptops: Crowley's Friend: Aziraphale</h3> <p>The <i>expo laptop</i> is called "Crowley". Crowley was rather too ill to be useful during the 2022 expo (being left in the potato hut for 3 years was not a healthy experience) but is now feeling much better... apart from the WiFi which died in typical fashion just 10 minutes before a training session (a software driver update issue, but Crowley is connected to the ethernet cable so this is not vital). <p>In 2023 we will have another general-use laptop (it was also on expo in 2019). This is not connected by any cabling and just uses WiFi. Like the <i>expo laptop</i> it is running Debian and has the same set of software installed @@ -115,10 +115,11 @@ is a dual antenna WiFi tiny black box on a small shelf high above the sink/stove <div class="onright"> <figure> -<a href="potato-hut-network.jpg"><img src="potato-hut-network-small.jpg"></a> +<a href="../l/hut-cables.html"><img src="../t/hut-cables-small.jpg"></a> <br><figcaption>Hut Network - click to enlarge</figcaption> </figure> </div> +potato-hut-network.jpg <p>The potato hut WiFi is running DHCP and allocating IP addresses of the form 192.168.1.x where x is a number between 11 and 99 . <p>The <em>Expo laptops</em> have a dynamic local address of this form, as does any other laptop connecting to this WiFi. diff --git a/handbook/i/alfa-awus036ach.jpg b/handbook/i/alfa-awus036ach.jpg new file mode 100644 index 000000000..47893e69a Binary files /dev/null and b/handbook/i/alfa-awus036ach.jpg differ diff --git a/handbook/i/hut-cables.jpg b/handbook/i/hut-cables.jpg new file mode 100644 index 000000000..4dcfdaf07 Binary files /dev/null and b/handbook/i/hut-cables.jpg differ diff --git a/handbook/i/wndr4000-back.jpg b/handbook/i/wndr4000-back.jpg new file mode 100644 index 000000000..87bccdd1f Binary files /dev/null and b/handbook/i/wndr4000-back.jpg differ diff --git a/handbook/i/wndr4000.jpg b/handbook/i/wndr4000.jpg new file mode 100644 index 000000000..1a8cd12c0 Binary files /dev/null and b/handbook/i/wndr4000.jpg differ diff --git a/handbook/l/hut-cables.html b/handbook/l/hut-cables.html new file mode 100644 index 000000000..723723b71 --- /dev/null +++ b/handbook/l/hut-cables.html @@ -0,0 +1,51 @@ +<html> +<head> +<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" /> +<title>CUCC Expo Handbook: Wallet Process UML Diagrams</title> +<link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="../../css/main2.css" /> +</head> +<body> +<h2 id="tophead">CUCC Expo Handbook - Hut Network Cables</h2> +<h1>Hut Network Cables</h1> + +<div class="centre"> +<figure> +<img src="../i/hut-cables.jpg"></a> +<br><figcaption>Hut Network - Ethernet, USB and video</figcaption> +</figure> +</div> + + +<ul> +<li>RED - ethernet cable +<li>PURPLE - VGA video cable from laptop to free-standing LCD monitor +<li>GREEN - USB cables. NB the <a href="../i/alfa-awus036ach.jpg">ALFA Awus 036ACH</a> cable is a special one with extra power wires +</ul> +<p>There may <em>ALSO</em> be an ethernet cable between the printer and the Netgear ethernet/wifi device +<h3>Note there are FOUR (4) <em>different</em> power supply bricks</h3> +<ol> +<li>Powerbrick for Dell E4200 Crowley +<li>Powerbrick for Acer Aspire 1 tclaspire3 +<li>Powerbrick for R61 Thinkpad Aziraphale +<li>Powerbrick for <a href="../i/wndr4000.jpg">Netgear WNDR4000</a> wifi/ethernet device +</ol> +<p>The Acer Aspire 1 (tclaspire3) and Dell E4200 (Crowley) each have internal, built-in wifi, but we do not use these and they are turned off (with a physical sliding-switch on the case) to reduce confusion. +<p>Aziraphale also has an ethernet socket and can be connected by ethernet cable to the network if convenient and if within-hut wifi is congested. +<p>The mains power plugs are illustrated with 2 pins for clarity, but they are all 3-pin UK-style pugs in reality. + +<h2>Wiring the ethernet</h2> +<figure class="centre"> +<img src="../i/wndr4000-back.jpg"></a> +<br><figcaption>The back of the Netgear WNDR4000</figcaption> +</figure> +</div> +<ul> +<li>The ethernet cable to the Asus Aspire 1 blue netbook (tclaspire3) goes into the yellow ethernet socket on its own. +<li>The cable to the expo laptop Crowley (and to Aziraphale and the printer if you want) go into any of the block of 4 ethernet sockets in a row together. +<li>We do not plug anything into the USB socket. +</ul> +<hr /> +Go back to + <a href="/handbook/computing/computer.html#network">Basecamp computers</a>. +<hr></body> +</html> \ No newline at end of file diff --git a/handbook/t/hut-cables-small.jpg b/handbook/t/hut-cables-small.jpg new file mode 100644 index 000000000..c585c81e5 Binary files /dev/null and b/handbook/t/hut-cables-small.jpg differ