Computer Networking Lab, Baskin Engineering Room 168

General Description

This a special class laboratory used for student design work in support of computer network classes. Lab access is typically available 24/7 for lab students, unless problems develop with class at which time access becomes restricted to instructor or TA attended hours. Student access to lab is via the main corridor of Jack Baskin Engineering Building with doorway adjacent to the coffee cart. Door has an electronic combination lock (Omnilock) installed. Each student is given their own keycode, which must be kept secure from others. Electronic lock tracks access by students.

Lab Safety and Security Rules

1. No Food or Drink is permitted in the lab. Exception are only for sealed water bottles and lunches kept within your backpacks. This rule is needed to protect expensive equipment and to protect people from ingesting hazardous materials. Often soldering, gluing and other fabrication may take place in the lab. These activities leave small amounts of materials behind which would not be good to ingest.

2. Enrolled students for course only allowed in lab. Do not let other students into lab. Lab is reserved for the exclusive use of students enrolled in the course and for students that have made prior arrangements with BELS and faculty for use of the lab.

3. Do not enter server room or space. TA's, instructors and BELS staff will monitor servers and maintain. Students from class should not access servers since these are used by all students.

Course List

Typical courses: CMPE151L, CMPE155L, CMPE257

Lab Equipment & Facilities

Lab Stations

(10 each with the following equipment).
4 Pentium 4 computers
Dell Pentium II Computer with 17in CRT Display
xxxMHz, 126MB memory, 4.25GB Harddrive, 100MB Zip, 3.5" floppy, CDROM
Networked to a local private internet (within the lab) via 100baseT connection.

(10 each with the following equipment).
(1) Pentium III notebook computer with 802.11b wireless access card


Software Listing (1/2/03)
Redhat Linux x.x

Common Lab Equipment
(1) Central Server
(1) IEEE 802.11b Wireless Access Point
(1) Laserprinter, HP Laserjet 4000N