Difference between revisions of "3W Computing"
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| − | == | + | Add yourself to bitpi@ if you care about these kinds of things. |
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| + | ==Network== | ||
| + | We run off of MIT. Come on, you know how to connect. | ||
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| + | Alternatively, when in TVL, do as TVLians do. Connect to TVL WIFI (courtesy of the great byronxu). TVL also has an ethernet port if you realllly need it. | ||
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| + | ==Web Presence== | ||
| + | We have an Athena locker, thirdwest. Access is controlled by membership of the thirdwest-request list. Currently the locker contains two web sites and a Starcraft install. Unclear why we still have a Starcraft install. | ||
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| + | We also have a wiki. You know, the thing you're reading? | ||
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| + | *SSL access (with MIT certs; needed to edit): https://thirdwest.scripts.mit.edu:444/wiki | ||
| + | *Public access (there is no reason you should use this, but included for completeness): http://thirdwest.scripts.mit.edu/wiki | ||
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| + | ==floorpi.xvm== | ||
| + | We have a VM! (whoa). Poke {{user|ixa}} if you want access to it. Not currently used for anything, but hopefully will have somethign cool in the future. | ||
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| + | For posterity: [[AV Setup]] | ||
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| + | ==Computers== | ||
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| + | Floorpi <s>has several computers for hall use.</s> no longer has any hall computers, following the death of simpi, and the likely demise of piwest in the Great East Campus Purge of 2012. | ||
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| + | They're not great - as you know, you go to war with the machines you have. They're not the machines you might want or wish to have at a later time. | ||
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| + | If you want to play music or use sshfs on a Debian-Athena system, you need to have the right user permissions - ask [[User:Meeg|Meeg]] or [[User:Mikemp|Mikemp]]. | ||
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| + | See [[Hall computer how-to]] for usage. | ||
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| + | ===Simpi=== | ||
| + | Simpi is the Debathena workstation in [[kitchen lounge]]. It does everything a cluster machine can (and accepts remote logins from floorpi residents), but much more slowly. Don't run Matlab projects, compile kernels, or fold proteins on Simpi - any vaguely memory-intensive application will send it into swap, and it might never come back. Simpi has so far resisted all attempts to have it replaced with a superior computer. | ||
Don't unplug the Ethernet. Only bad boys unplug the Ethernet. Along similar lines, don't unplug the power - the power cable is loose and easily unplugs from the power supply. | Don't unplug the Ethernet. Only bad boys unplug the Ethernet. Along similar lines, don't unplug the power - the power cable is loose and easily unplugs from the power supply. | ||
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| − | == | + | ===Piwest=== |
| − | + | Piwest is a Debian-Athena server in [[TV lounge]], in the AV stack. It has a nice sound card, which is connected to the hall audio system. | |
| − | + | ===Flours=== | |
| − | + | Flours is a Windows machine connected to [[Algernon]]. | |
| − | + | ===floorpi.xvm=== | |
| − | + | Floorpi.xvm is a virtualized server used for managing the hall music collection. You can get your own music added to the collection; this is the easiest way to get your music on the hall music system. Ask {{user|meeg}} for help. | |
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| − | == | + | ===Corpses=== |
| − | + | There are some computers and monitors in kitchen lounge. Most are hall property and not really much use, so if you want one, ask and ye shall probably receive. | |
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| − | + | ==Network== | |
| − | * | + | TV lounge wireless signal is not great, and there is only one Ethernet drop. For your every need and desire: |
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| + | ===Wired switch=== | ||
| + | We have a shiny gigabit switch. Do not unplug any of the network cables. Do not steal any cables. Do not unplug the power. | ||
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| + | If you connect your computer to the switch, it should behave like any other MITnet network drop, except that you will get above-MITnet transfer rates to anything else connected to the switch. | ||
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| + | ===Wireless router=== | ||
| + | We have a crappy wireless router. Again, do not unplug anything. | ||
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| + | The network SSID is piwestpoint. | ||
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| + | Because this is a router (not switch), any traffic going through the router is associated with the hall (not you). Don't pirate stuff through it. | ||
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| + | ''Wireless is normally turned off; ask {{user|meeg}} to turn it on.'' | ||
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| + | ==Web space== | ||
| + | We have an Athena locker, thirdwest. Access is controlled by membership of the thirdwest-request list (above). Currently the locker contains two web sites and a Starcraft install. | ||
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| + | ===Wiki=== | ||
| + | The thing you're reading. | ||
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| + | *SSL access (with MIT certs; needed to edit): https://thirdwest.scripts.mit.edu:444/wiki | ||
| + | *Public access (there is no reason you should use this, but included for completeness): http://thirdwest.scripts.mit.edu/wiki | ||
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| + | ===Web page=== | ||
| + | Our old static page. The wiki has replaced it, but the old stuff is still around (the index page redirects to the wiki): http://web.mit.edu/thirdwest/www | ||
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| + | ===Starcraft=== | ||
| + | You need to be on the garmbrood list to use this. Ask [[User:Mikemp|mikemp]] or [[User:Charlest|charlest]]. | ||
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| + | ==Host registrations== | ||
| + | Floorpi has several static IPs for hall use. If you need to know what they are, you probably know how to find them. | ||
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| + | [[Category:3W information]] | ||
Latest revision as of 16:56, 7 June 2018
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Obsolete |
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Add yourself to bitpi@ if you care about these kinds of things.
Network
We run off of MIT. Come on, you know how to connect.
Alternatively, when in TVL, do as TVLians do. Connect to TVL WIFI (courtesy of the great byronxu). TVL also has an ethernet port if you realllly need it.
Web Presence
We have an Athena locker, thirdwest. Access is controlled by membership of the thirdwest-request list. Currently the locker contains two web sites and a Starcraft install. Unclear why we still have a Starcraft install.
We also have a wiki. You know, the thing you're reading?
- SSL access (with MIT certs; needed to edit): https://thirdwest.scripts.mit.edu:444/wiki
- Public access (there is no reason you should use this, but included for completeness): http://thirdwest.scripts.mit.edu/wiki
floorpi.xvm
We have a VM! (whoa). Poke ixa if you want access to it. Not currently used for anything, but hopefully will have somethign cool in the future.
