CUCC Expo Handbook - Hut Network Cables

Hut Network Cables

• RED - ethernet cable
• PURPLE - VGA video cable from laptop to free-standing LCD monitor
• GREEN - USB cables. NB the ALFA Awus 036ACH cable is a special one with extra power wires

There may ALSO be an ethernet cable between the printer and the Netgear ethernet/wifi device

Note there are FOUR (4) different power supply bricks

1. Powerbrick for Dell E4200 Crowley
2. Powerbrick for Acer Aspire 1 tclaspire3
3. Powerbrick for R61 Thinkpad Aziraphale
4. Powerbrick for Netgear WNDR4000 wifi/ethernet device

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.

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.

The mains power plugs are illustrated with 2 pins for clarity, but they are all 3-pin UK-style pugs in reality.

Wiring the ethernet

• The ethernet cable to the Asus Aspire 1 blue netbook (tclaspire3) goes into the yellow ethernet socket on its own.
• 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.
• We do not plug anything into the USB socket.