1. NUOL Internet Application Services Midterm presentation 22 nd March, 2004

2. NUOL Internet Application Services Team What did we plan to do What have we done so far  Technical Background  Training of System Administrators  Quick points What do we still have to do Three things to remember Questions? Agenda

3. What did we plan to do… NUOL Internet Application Services Team

4. Goals Set up a affordable, secure and reliable Mail and Web access for all students and staff of the National University of Laos Educate selected System Administrators on the maintenance of Mail/Web servers and the supporting services NUOL Internet Application Services Team What did we plan to do…

5. Primary Objectives Setting up: Web Server Mail Server FTP Server Dial-up Service Supporting Services:  DNS Server  DHCP Server Documentation for System Administrators Providing suggestions for the 2 year planning of Internet Applications at NUOL NUOL Internet Application Services Team What did we plan to do…

6. Secondary Objectives Setting up: File Server Proxy Server Samba Server Updating Database Server Location: Main Campus, Dong Dok NUOL Internet Application Services Team What did we plan to do…

7. Things considered Things considered in setting up the services  Affordable  Sustainable for future of NUOL  Maximum utilization of the current available hardware NUOL Internet Application Services Team What did we plan to do…

8. What have we done so far… NUOL Internet Application Services Team

9. Technical Background By Rizwan Aslam Khan NUOL Internet Application Services Team

10. Web Server What is it? What is already there… What do we have to do…  At site the team will research for possibilities to upgrade the server with new features NUOL Internet Application Services Team What have we done so far…

11. Mail Server What is it? What is already there… What do we have to do  Make service available to all students and staff members  Allocate quota to user space What have we done  Successfully tested on automatically generating user accounts and setting quota on them NUOL Internet Application Services Team What have we done so far…

12. FTP Server What is it? What is already there… What do we have to do…  Need to create user accounts for NUOL staff members  Allocate quota to user space What have we done…  Successfully tested on automatically generating user accounts and setting quota on them NUOL Internet Application Services Team What have we done so far…

13. Dial-up Service What is it? NUOL Internet Application Services Team What have we done so far…

15. Dial-up Service What do we have to do...  Implement full Dial-up service Requirements  30 phone connection During the 6 weeks  10 connections What Have we done  Successfully tested and configured a dial-up connection NUOL Internet Application Services Team What have we done so far…

17. Dial-up Service Feasible solution  Cisco 3725 Router  Provides 30 analog phone connections  Provides Routing possibilities Possible to expand NUOL network in the future VoIP expandability NUOL Internet Application Services Team What have we done so far…

18. DNS & DHCP DNS  Providing name resolution between web and IP address  Successfully tested on setting up DNS DHCP  Providing client computers with dynamic IP Address assignment Reason  Too expensive to have static IP’s for client’s NUOL Internet Application Services Team What have we done so far…

19. File Server What is it?  Dedicated Server to storing files in a centralized location while permitting access to client computers What is already there…  Ordered a new server What do we have to do...  Implement file server for all students and staff at the main campus, Dong Dok What have we done…  Searched on documentation  Tested File Server configuration successfully NUOL Internet Application Services Team What have we done so far…

20. Proxy Server What is it? NUOL Internet Application Services Team What have we done so far…

21. NUOL Internet Application Services Team What have we done so far…

22. Proxy Server Benefits of proxy server  Blocking illegal sites  Caching websites to lower international traffic What have we done  Successfully tested the proxy server NUOL Internet Application Services Team What have we done so far…

23. Samba Server What is it? NUOL Internet Application Services Team What have we done so far…

24. Samba Server Why is it needed…  Provides seamless file services to “home connectivity” clients with different OS What have we done…  Successfully tested on the configuration of the server NUOL Internet Application Services Team What have we done so far…

25. Database Server What is it? What is currently there… What is the current situation… NUOL Internet Application Services Team What have we done so far…

27. Database Server What do we have to do…  Research the feasibility to convert the databases of all students and staff to a standard template If feasible: the databases will be standardized Challenges  Attempts to get parts of the databases to Stockholm have stranded  Policy issues are concerned with updating the databases NUOL Internet Application Services Team What have we done so far…

28. Documentation and Training By Sisavanh Singvongsa NUOL Internet Application Services Team

29. Documentation and Training Followed labs set up by Coaches and Internetworking students  Links and LANs  Routing  DNS  DHCP  Web  Mail NUOL Internet Application Services Team What have we done so far…

30. Documentation and Training Steps of setting up documentation 1. Do the reading of previous lab procedures 2. Understand the contents 3. Train on lab instructions 4. Improving the training documentation according to the experiences of the trainees 5. Divide tasks for improving documentation under all three Laos teams 6. Translate documentation to Lao language NUOL Internet Application Services Team What have we done so far…

31. Documentation and Training Things learned from training  Too much text confuses trainee  Documentation has to be in simple and clear steps  Code has to be clearly highlighted  Translation to Lao language needed for better understanding NUOL Internet Application Services Team What have we done so far…

34. Quick Points Hardware procurement  Use of four servers that are already there  Three new “Mid End” servers  One “High End” server  Router with dial-up module Budget  The team stays well within her budget limits Approx. 17.000 US Dollar NUOL Internet Application Services Team What have we done so far…

35. Quick Points Facing challenge  Dial-up equipment will come in late Means of mitigation  Team can already start on setting up of other services since the team will use resources that already are available NUOL Internet Application Services Team What have we done so far…

36. What do we still have to do… NUOL Internet Application Services Team

37. To do… Wednesday the 24 th of March  Full scale testing  All services will be tested simultaneously Film scenario for 3 min. of video Documentation on Dial-up service  Can be done when hardware is available NUOL Internet Application Services Team What do we still have to do…

38. To do… Implement the services and train the system administrators  Preliminary time schedule  Realistic time schedule will be made on site Document the project process in the Final Report NUOL Internet Application Services Team What do we still have to do…

39. Three things to remember… NUOL Internet Application Services Team

40. Did we work hard? NUOL Internet Application Services Team

42. 03:45

43. Did we have fun? NUOL Internet Application Services Team

45. …But most important of all NUOL Internet Application Services Team Will we finish the project successfully?

47. Questions? NUOL Internet Application Services Team