<html> <head> <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" /> <title>CUCC Expo Handbook: Hut Network Cables</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<div class="onright"> <figure> <a href="../i/acer-blue-aspire-one-netbook.jpg"><img width=200 src="../i/acer-blue-aspire-one-netbook.jpg"></a> <br><figcaption>AA1 netbook<br /> sits high up out of reach</figcaption> </figure> </div> <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 One (tclaspire3) <li>Powerbrick for R61 Thinkpad (Aziraphale) <li>Powerbrick for <a href="../i/wndr4000.jpg">Netgear WNDR4000</a> wifi/ethernet device </ol> <p>[Actually there may be 5 power bricks: the USB hub may need power too.] <p>The Acer Aspire One (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 One 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> <h3 id="network">Networking Software - configuration nerding</h3> <p>This is now described on <a href="/handbook/computing/netconfig.html">a separate page</a>. <hr /> Go back to <a href="/handbook/computing/computer.html#network">Basecamp computers</a>. <hr></body> </html>