School of Engineering and Technology
The project was to solve the issues a WSUS server had with client communication to workstations. The main issue was that the batch cloning of the workstations left them all with the same GUIDs. Following the fix, a single workstation connected to download the updates, and double checked that nothing broke, before sending the updates…
A lab’s workstations needed to be able to use wake-on-LAN and remote tools, but were not able to load after reboot using their prior bootloader. Previously, the lab workstation would be prompted with a nag screen making each workstation inaccessible until a button was physically pressed. GAG bootloader can now be used to boot into the…
An educational entity requested a solution that is capable of auditing their workstations. Their primary goal is to monitor logins to ensure that workstations are not being accessed after open hours. The ideal solution would also generate and send emails as alerts. Expanding on the original scope of the solution, LibreNMS was chosen for its…
A transparent proxy server was created and implemented. The purpose of the transparent proxy is to reduce bandwidth and increase download speed. A virtual machine utilizing pfSense (a Linux based firewall) with a Squid transparent proxy add-on was created to provide easier manageability. Reports can be generated to show details regarding web traffic as well….
A local not-for-profit needed a Logical Map of their entire network, since the Physical was already completed. The logical network included the names of the desktop computers, as well as which network they were connected to. These were based on the IYG assets that were in an Excel document, then grouped based on different categories from a Word…
This security camera is a challenging but well worth it project.The goal of this project is to install a security cameras that can catch a person stealing a computer or trying to cheat on a test. I have had to use the command prompt to look at the IP addresses given to each camera. I…
The purpose of our project is to configure a secure cloud server to operate using OpenStack Juno on Ubuntu. We have four nodes that will operate together at the end of the project. When everything is complete you will be able to launch multiple instances and expand your network rapidly while managing your resources efficiently….
Living Lab onsite networking for non-profit organizations that have come for tech support and network support in there small business areas. We are currently working on repairing a network for a non-profit organization and we will be on backing up a whole system for another. After a long semester of hard work the projects for the…
Spiceworks Network Monitor keeps an eye on the networks performance in real-time from your desk. We’re focusing on the help desk ticketing system portion of spiceworks. The local non-for-profit companies that are being monitored by the helpdesk need to have their tickets routed to the responsible coordinator of the company, to be viewed separately. We’re…
The purpose of the Openfiler project was to replace the old existing NAS hardware in the server room with some updated storage spaces. Three desktop PCs were re-purposed with four 160 GB hard-drives each. Openfiler software was installed on all of them and RAID 5 was configure on the hard-drives using the Openfiler web client….