[Inschool] Bridgman Public School Information

[Adam Williams]

> perminant:
> 3 buildings
> 3 public IP networks

It might be worth taking this oportunity to build the new systems as a
parrallel privately number'd network.  Alleviates some security
concerns.  And then when you think the "new" systems are ready switching
will be very easy, since you use DHCP.

> past situation:
> 3 novell servers
>  -file sharing
>  -follett Card Catalog
>  -CC:Mail [internal mail]
> 3 slack8 DHCP boxes
> Berrien County Intermediate School District handels Email

Is the CC:Mail box under you or Berrien County?

> proposed:
> 3 RH8 servers
>  -file sharing [either samba, nfs, or samba/pdc]
>  -DHCP
>  -follett card catalog
> currently we have both past and proposed on the network.

Looks pretty straight forward.

> ---
> IT Dept rundown:
> Me, 21 yrs old. 2 yrs paid experince at BPS, with 2 yrs ``student labor''.
> I consider myself fairly well versed in linux and master at windows 9x.
> However I don't know much about win2k or windows domain server.

Get O'Rielly's NT User Management book.  You'll need to know all about
netlogon, roaming profiles, etc... to build a really smootly operating
net.

> JD, less then 1 yr experence, contractor. Jay can do novell4 stuff with
> some proficency, but knows nothing about linux

Anyone who is really proficient at one thing will usually acquire
proficiency at another thing without problems.  And alot of the
knowledge is portable (users, file permissions, etc...), just tweaked
differently.  Did you use NDS or the old bindery?

"If you want something done, ask a really busy person" - Sarah Michelle
Geller.  Strange source, but I like the quote, it illustrates the point.

> Dale Beeney, 1yr IT staff exp., 2yrs Computer Teacher exp. On his
> second year they hired him as Tech Dept as well as Teacher. Beeney can
> trouble shoot printers, mice, cables, that kind of thing. Tech Dept is not
> really his main job here.

Hey, anytime you can get someone else to work with the printers....

> Kris Kehrer, less then 1yr paid, 2 to 3 yrs ``student labor''. Kris
> graduated the year before I did, but he was one of the ``cisco'' kids who
> put in the network. Kris is an employee of JD. Kris runs Linux on his
> Powermac laptop [g3] at home, but has yet to compile more then one
> program.

These days it is quite possible to built an entire network without ever
compiling anything.  Actually I avoid it,  it just makes it that much
harder to document or reproduce.

> I wasn't really asked about the servers before they were purchased, were
> it up to me, I would have bought them this summer [as we did] then spent
> the next school year transitioning. At this point in the summer, with all
> the unrealated problems we are having, like the Middle School router and
> hubs being totally wiped out by power spikes and some of the HS looking
> like it is going to go as well, we might still run Novell this year.

Nice,  we had really fun power problems yesterday, Pheew!  Now the
question is do I want to waste another couple of days of my life trying
to get APC to replace their *^&9  $*@(*@( $@*(@-ing UPS(s). Again.

Take is slow, and since a MAJOR rollover of Samba is about to occur, you
might save yourself some work later by doing so.