University Department Computers

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…

Windows Server Update Service

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…

Interns Folder Schema

The goal of this project was to organize the Interns folder.  This is where the students of an university department upload and store information about the projects they are currently working on.  It also contains past students project information.  The students grouped similar folder files together under new parent folders and put unknown files and…

Instructor Assistance

An instructor was having issues with people cheating in one of her web development classes.  When the students uploaded the material they were resetting permissions allowing students to steal code from classmates.  The student found a way to accomplish the server to run a script every few minutes to block the students from doing this. …

Installing Oracle

The desired outcome for this project was to install Oracle database and make remote access to the database.  The student started by installing Windows XP SP3 onto a virtual machine within VMware.  Next, the student installed Oracle database without any issues.  When the student tried to connect to the Oracle database remotely, problems rose.  The…

Moving Interns Folder Data to the SharePoint

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…

Server Room Organization

Throughout the duration of the semester the students worked on keeping the server room organized.  The students sent items that were not functioning to surplus.  Next, the computer wiring for the labs was organized using Velcro.  This maximized the space the students had on the desks to work.  Student Team Members: Aleksandr Sterkin, Mark Mitchell

SNORT

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,…

Image Deployment

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…

Not-For-Profit Network Infrastructure

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