December 31, 2007

December 31, 2007 Notes
It's the last day of 2007and time to get ready to shift to 2008. I spent yesterday getting a newer operating system, OS X Version 10.2 Jaguar on Barbara's iBook. It was able to use the installed version of Word on Office:Mac and retained all of Barbara's Word files which is the primary item Barbara uses the iBook for. It uses the Airport Extreme network to access the Internet and print to the networked HP LaserJet 2200 printer.

What is the state of the home network here at the international head quarters of Practical Press and home of Practical Press Video Productions (formerly Practical Press Pictures) on the last day of 2007?

The network starts with a ZyXEL P-600 Series DSL Modem supplied by Earthlink. I used to have a cable modem to Charter Communications but it was so unreliable I cancelled it and switched to Earthlink DSL which is always on. The DSL modem has three connections, power, Ethernet - connected to the Airport Extreme, and DSL - connected to the phone line, The DSL modem has four indicator lights (Power, Ethernet, DSL, and Internet).

The Airport Extreme has 6 connections
Ethernet - OA dual boot computer
Ethernet - Linksys switch
Ethernet - Dell XPR (XP)
WAN - DSL modem
USB -
Power
The airport extreme has 1 indicator light

The Linksys SD208 8-Port 10/100 switch has 9 connctions
Power
1 - Airport Extreme
2 - HP 2200 (10.0.1.199)
3 - HP 4600 (10.0.1.194)
4 - Airport
5 - Gateway (10.0.1.192)
6 - Inspiron Dual Boot
7 -
8 -
The Linksys switch has 8 indicator lights

The Airport has 3 connections
Phone -
Power
Ethernet - Linksys Port 4
The Airport has 3 indicator lights.

These machines can make a wireless connection to the internet through the Airport extreme.
MacBook Pro OS X Version 10.5
iBook OS X Version 10.2
Alienware Windows Vista
Inspiron Windows XP
These machines can reach the Internet through an Ethernet connection
Inspiron Linux
Dell XPR Windows XP
OA computer Windows XP or Linux
Gateway Server Linux
Well that is the state of the network on December 31, 2007. In another iPhone note I will see what computers can access the network printers.

Sent from my iPhone
John Wasson
wassonjb@mac.com
(541-646-1613)