Technical Center Training
The Tennessee Board of Regents (TBR) initiated a project to place internet nodes in all twenty-six of its Technical Centers (TC). The primary function of these nodes is to give each TC web and internet access and electronic mail for faculty and staff. Each TC was required to install the necessary hardware and connections for internet access and to install and configure a local area network with a WinNT server.
Because of the experience gained through the NRTS project in the areas of networking design and installation, WinNT, and network and WinNT system management, the TBR requested that the Tennessee State University NRTS trainers conduct workshops for the TC staffs. Three workshops were conducted, one each in East, Middle, and West Tennessee. This afforded the staffs from the TC's in those areas the opportunity to attend a workshop with a minimum of travel.
Topics covered included the basics of the internet/www concept and IP addressing, URL's, and the hardware necessary for an internet connection. The general procedures for installing and maintaining WinNT were discussed, as well as the establishment and control of e-mail accounts. Each attendee was also given the opportunity to build a sample cable for a LAN and test it on the demo network set up for the class.
Dr. Jim Holloway discussing basic terms and technology, types of networks, and standards and specifications.
Charlie Wrenn explaining network infrastructure, including network goals and objectives, recommended wiring standards, and recommended topology and accepted variations.
The tools required for building 10baseT network cables. Note the RJ45 connectors and twisted pair cable.
Dr. Holloway giving instructions for building network cables as seminar attendees get hands-on practice.
Dr. Willard Smith discussing PC server hardware and clients, network information cards (NICs), memory and disk space requirements, and network printers.
Dr. Holloway describing network operating systems and protocols, tools for network troubleshooting, server/client access, electronic mail, and passwords and security.
Mr. Wrenn giving instructions on setting up the NT environment, including client setup and addressing, e-mail setup and addressing, the domain name server (DNS), the default gateway, and the windows internet name service (WINS).
Dr. Smith giving an overview of network server applications, including the world wide web (WWW), e-mail, FTP, gopher, and printing.
Tom Winters, Network Manager from the Tennessee Board of Regents