School of Engineering and Technology
CACTI is an open source networking monitoring and graphing tool. With this project the student worked with the three different tasks that Cacti handles: data retrieval, data storage, and data presentation. CACTI was installed on windows server 2008 R2, Windows XP, and Ubuntu. The student ran into some problems being able to log in to…
The goal of this project was to create a new Ghost server due for lab rooms located in an university department. This needed to be done because of the decline in the old server. The student tested the new server to make sure the hardware was functioning properly and set the hard drives in raid…
This project arose when the students who used Ghost to push images to an university department’s lab was having problems with one row of computers. This row nearly always failed to obtain an IP address after a push from the Ghost server. After much consideration and collaboration with others it was decided that it must…
The students on this project worked on a way to distribute Windows updates from a central server in the lab. This would enable them to control which updates were applied and when, from a central location. This would allow them to reliably keep the labs patched and up to date throughout the week. Student Team…
This project consisted of moving the data from the old intern’s folder to the Sharepoint. The backup of this data was located on the SQL server. The interns folder is a collection of the previous and present university department students projects including reports and documentation. After gaining remote access to the SQL server the student…
The goal of this project was to build a Snort Intrusion Detection System (IDS) to monitor sections of an university department. The initial parameters for the project were for the server to be built in a virtual environment, for the server to have MySQL database on the back end which would be populated with alerts,…
During this project the students deployed a windows image that was created by an instructor to all the desktops in three labs. The students working on this project moved the machines from one lab to another where they deployed the image to these systems. After that was finished they moved the machines back up to…
A Not-For-Profit requested a network infrastructure build. The student on this project first installed 594 feet of Cat6 and Cat5e cables. The also installed and configured a router as well as installed an antenna to broadcast the wireless signals. Student Team Members: Kashif Rauf, Mark Mitchell, and Tom Zender
A Certificate Authority (CA) certificate is a digital credential that validates the identity of the CA that owns the certificate. Within the CA there are public keys in which are assigned which is used to verify the authenticity. The objective of this project was to setup and implement a Root CA, and Stand Alone CA…
For this project the student was responsible for conducting a research project on the iPads vs Laptops. The student analyzed to pros and cons of each and conducted discussions based on his results. The pros and cons of the two devices were tested based on hands on use of productivity apps internet research. Project Student:…