CUCC Expo Handbook - Hut Network Cables

Hut Network Cables

• RED - ethernet cable
• PURPLE - VGA video cable from laptop to free-standing LCD monitor
• GREEN - USB cables. NB the ALFA Awus 036ACH cable is a special one with extra power wires

There may ALSO be an ethernet cable between the printer and the Netgear ethernet/wifi device

Note there are FIVE different power supply bricks

1. Powerbrick for Dell E4200 (Crowley)
2. Powerbrick for Acer Aspire One (tclaspire3)
3. Powerbrick for R61 Thinkpad (Aziraphale)
4. Powerbrick for Netgear WNDR4000 wifi/ethernet device
5. One powerbrick for a USB hub (not shown in diagram) between tclaspire3 and the Alfa aerial (there might be another one for the USB hUb connected to crowley too)

The Acer Aspire One (tclaspire3) and Dell E4200 (Crowley) each have internal, built-in wifi, but we do not use these and they are turned off (with a physical sliding-switch on the case) to reduce confusion.

Aziraphale also has an ethernet socket and can be connected by ethernet cable to the network if convenient and if within-hut wifi is congested.

The mains power plugs are illustrated with 2 pins for clarity, but they are all 3-pin UK-style pugs in reality.

Wiring the ethernet

• The ethernet cable to the Asus Aspire One blue netbook (tclaspire3) goes into the yellow ethernet socket on its own.
• The cable to the expo laptop Crowley (and to Aziraphale and the printer if you want) go into any of the block of 4 ethernet sockets in a row together.
• We do not plug anything into the USB socket.

Networking Software - configuration nerding

This is now described on a separate page.