My Systems

    With the addition of a Compaq Proliant 1600R rack mount server and Storage System, my computer configuration consists of an 7 node, Local Area Network.  It includes 2 network hubs, and 2 print servers operating 4 printers.  Network Internet connectivity is handled by a DLink Broadband Wireless Router and cable modem. 

     comtia_a+.gif (2627 bytes) Network Configuration
Network Backup Flowchart
Network Cable Layout

Workstation 1, Workstation 2, Workstation 3Workstation 4Workstation 5, Server 1Server 2,
Network, Communications, AccessoriesPrinters, Retired Systems,

Computer Comparison chart / Home Automation system


Workstation 1 (10/1/2009)
                                                           
                                                               

Dell Optiplex GX280 Computer
Intel Pentium 4, 2.8 GHz processor with 800 MHz FSB and Hyper-Threading,
      Intel 915G Express chipset, and 1MB L2 cache
2 GB Corsair PC6400 DDR2 SDRAM (800 MHz)
40 GB SATA 7200 PRM Hard Drive
250 GB Enhanced IDE 7200 RPM Hard Drive
LG 22x Double-layer DVD RW/CD-RW Drive
3.5" DSHD floppy disk
Integrated Intel Graphics Media Accelerator 900 video w/128 MB memory
Integrated ICH5 AC97 Audio
Integrated Gigabyte Ethernet
8 USB 2.0 ports (6 back, 2 front)
1 DB 9 Serial port
1 DB25 Parallel Port
Small Mini Tower case w/250W power supply
Microsoft Comfort Curve Keyboard 2000
Microsoft USB mouse
Cambridge FPS2000 FourPoint Surround speaker system
Westinghouse LCM-19v7 19" 1280 x 1024 LCD monitor
SanDisk ImageMate SDDR-189-A20 All-in-One memory card reader/writer
Windows XP Professional SP3
Drivers/Downloads/Specs

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Workstation 2(9/10/2009)
                                                           

Dell Optiplex GX260 Computer
Intel Pentium 4, 2.2 GHz, 533MHz FSB microprocessor
512 MB PC2100 DDR SDRAM (266 MHz)
40 GB Enhanced IDE ATA 7200 RPM Hard Drive
DVD/CD-RW Drive
3.5" DSHD floppy disk
Integrated Intel 845 Graphics
Integrated ICH5 AC97 Audio
13-in-1 media card reader
Integrated Gigabyte Ethernet
6 USB 2.0 ports (4 back, 2 front)
1 DB 9 Serial port
1 DB25 Parallel Port
Small Mini Tower case w/250W power supply
PS2 Keyboard and USB Optical Mouse
Westinghouse LCM-19v7 19" 1280 x 1024 LCD monitor
Windows XP Professional SP3
Service Manual

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Workstation 3

 

Sony PCG-NV170
(Click Photo for Enlargement)
Sony Vaio PCG-NV170 Notebook Computer
Intel Pentium 4 M 1.6GHz microprocessor, 512K internal cache
512 MB DDR SDRAM
3.5" DSHD floppy disk (Hot Swap)
40 gig hard disk
16x10x24 CD-RW / 8X DVD CD Rom combo drive
4X AGP, 16MB ATI Mobility RADEON 7500 video card
15" SXGA TFT (1400x1050) display
Sound Blaster compatible sound card
Subwoofer, 10-Key pad, Weigh Saver (Hot Swap)
1 parallel / 1 16550 serial port
1 Type III/ 2 Type II PCMCIA Ports
3 USB ports
56K V.90 modem (internal)
10/100TX Ethernet card (internal)
External VGA, PS/2, Mic, Headphone, TV, Memory Stick
Touchpad Pointing Device (internal)
Logitech USB Optical Wheel mouse (external)
2-4 Hour Lithium-ion battery
Auto/air DC power adapter
Windows XP Home

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Workstation 4

 

 

Vaio PCG-F630
(Click Photo for Enlargement)
Sony Vaio PCG-F630 Notebook Computer
AMD K6-2/550 MHz microprocessor, 128K internal cache
256 MB PC100 memory
3.5" DSHD floppy disk
12 gig hard disk
8X DVD CD Rom drive
Trident Cyberblade i7, 1024x768 8MB video card
13.3" XGA TFT Active Matrix color monitor
Sound Blaster compatible sound card
1 parallel / 1 16550 serial port
1 Type III/ 2 Type II PCMCIA Ports
2 USB ports
ESS 56K V.90 modem (internal)
External VGA, PS/2, Mic, Headphone Ports
Touchpad Pointing Device (internal)
Logitech USB Mouse
2-4 Hour Lithium-ion battery
Sony PCGA-PRF1A Port Replicator
Windows XP Professional SP3

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Workstation 5 (Ham Radio/Game System)

Compaq Deskpro computer   Compaq Deskpro
Intel PIII 550 MHz microprocessor
Compaq motherboard
384 MB, PC100 8ns memory
3.5" DSHD floppy disk
Maxtor L01P100, 120 gig hard drive
48x CD Rom
NEC ND-3520A 16x Dual Layer DVD+/-RW
nVidia GeForce 2 MX400 32 meg PCI video card
Compaq on board sound card (digital ham communications)
Sound Blaster Live 5.1 PCI & speakers (Echolink communications)
1 Parallel Port
4 16550 UART serial ports
2 USB 1.x ports
4 USB 2.0 ports
101 Key Enhanced Keyboard
Logitech FirstMouse+ PS/2 mouse
Compaq tower case w/200 watt power supply
Westinghouse LCM-19w4 19" widescreen LCD monitor  
Windows XP Professional SP3

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Server 1 (WWW, FTP, SMTP, fax,  network monitoring, data storage, network backup, APRS and Weather tracking for Ham Station ) 

Proliant 1600R

Compaq Proliant 1600R Rack Mount Server (new 1998)
Intel Pentium II 450 MHz microprocessor (2)
768 MB 100ns ECC SDRAM memory
3.5" DSHD floppy disk
9.1 GB Hot Swap Ultra SCSI 3 hard drives (5)
Wide-Ultra SCSI-3 Adapter
RAID Array controller
24x IDE CD-ROM
HP SureStore 5000e 2/4 GB, SCSI DAT tape backup
Cirrus Logic  1024 x 768 PCI local bus, 2-MB video memory
1 parallel / 4 16550 UART serial ports
1 PS2 Mouse / 1 Hot Swap PS2 Keyboard
1 External Wide-Ultra SCSI 3
Compaq NC3122 Fast Ethernet 10/100 PCI network controllers (2)
Compaq
Netelligent 10/100 TX network controller (1)
Sound Blaster Live Value PCI sound card (runs fixed APRS system)
Remote Insight board
Compaq Hot Plug Redundant 325 watt Power Supply (3)
Compaq Management LCD Display
Compaq MX11800 PS2 Rack Keyboard w/ Trackball
Dell 15" .28 Dot, 1024x768 SVGA monitor
Windows 2000 Professional
Compaq SmartStart server management software

Compaq Storage System

Compaq Storage System  

9.1 GB Hot Swap Ultra SCSI 3 hard drives (7)

 

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Network - Hubs/Servers/NIC/SoftwareHP ProCurve/Microplex  Hubs

Hewlett Packard J3303A ProCurve 10Base-T 24M, 24 Port Managed Hub 
Hewlett Packard J3295A ProCurve 10/100 24, 24 Port Hub  
Microplex M208, 8 port Managed Hub w/Print and Terminal Servers
Hewlett Packard JetDirect EX Plus3 J2590A, 3 port Print Server
Hewlett Packard JetDirect EX J2591A, Print Server
Stratitec USB powered 4-port Hub (workstation 1)
Techgear USB 2.0 4-port Hub (workstation 5)
D-Link DWL-650+ Wireless Adapter (workstation 3)
D-Link DWL-650+ Wireless Adapter (workstation 4
D-Link DFE-650TX PCMCIA 10/100 network card (workstation 5)
Compaq Netelligent 10/100 TX network controller (server 1)
D-Link DFE-530TX 10/100 PCI network card (game system)
 Software:
Network monitoring by IPSwitch's WhatsUp Gold
Network remote control by Logmein.com

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Communications/Internet

Primary Network Internet Connection:
D-Link DIR-600 4 port Wireless Ethernet Broadband Router
D-Link DWL-650+ Wireless Adapter 
Cable Modem @ 5 MBps
Fax/Modem Cards:
Intel 144e, 14.4 external Fax/Modem (Server 1)


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Accessories

Video/Scanner: Sony MVC-FD95
Sony MVC-FD95 2.1 Megapixel Digital Disk camera
Canon A95 5 Megapixel Digital camera
Sony Mavica MVC-FD5 Digital Disk camera
Telex Firefly P250 Color LCD projector
Logitech QuickCam Express (2-usb)
HP ScanJet 4200Cse scanner
6x8 Graphics Tablet
SmartDisk Memory Stick Reader


Power Backup:
APC UPS
APC Back-UPS Pro 650 (workstation 1)
Geek Squad GS-875U, (workstation 2)
APC Back-UPS ES 350, (workstation 3
APC Smart-UPS 650 v/s,  (workstation 5)
APC Back-UPS Pro 1100(server 1)  
APC Back-UPS ES 350,
(hub, router,modem,printers,print server)
APC Back-UPS ES 350, (lower hub, print server)
APC Back-UPS ES 350, (tech bench)
 
Other:
Compaq 4115 KVM switch (server rack)
 
PDA: Dell Axim X5
Dell Axim X5
Intel® XScaleTM  Processor at 400MHz
RAM: 64MB SDRAM
ROM: 48MB Intel StrataFlash®  memory
TFT Color 16-bit, Touch Sensitive, Transflective LCD, 3.5"
240 x 320 resolution at 65,536 colors (QVGA)
1 CompactFlash Type II Card Slot (3.3v)
1 Secure Digital / MMC Memory Card Slot (3.3v)
1440 mAh Lithium-Ion Removable, Rechargeable
3400 mAh Lithium-Ion Removable, Rechargeable
2 - USB Hot-Sync cradles
TrueMobile 1180 802.11 Wireless LAN CF card
SanDisk 256MB Secure Digital Memory card
Travel Sync/AC/DC kit
Microsoft®  Windows 2002 

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Printers

HP Officejet 6500 Network Print/Copy/Scan/Fax (8/2/09)
HP 6840 color inkjet printer (1/2006)
HP 6L laser printer
HP 550c color inkjet printer
Panasonic KX-P1180 dot matrix printer

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Revised: 12/17/09
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Retired Systems

Computers

AMD K6-2 3DNow 450MHz microprocessor
FIC PA-2013, 100MHz AGP ATX 1MB cache motherboard
384 MB, PC100 8ns memory
3.5" floppy drive
Western Digital Protege 20 gig, hard drive
Western Digital AC313000 13 gig, hard drive
Iomega internal SCSI Zip drive
Iomega ZipZoom SCSI adapter card
Hi-Val H40S-00R 40x SCSI CD Rom drive
Lite-On  LTR40125 40x12x48 CD-RW burner
ATI 'All-in-Wonder' 128 16MB AGP 2D/3D video card
Diamond Monster 3D II, 12 meg Voodoo 2 card
Sound Blaster "Live" Value sound card
1 parallel / 2 16550 UART serial ports
2 USB ports
8 Bay Mid Tower case w/400W power supply
Windows XP Professional


AMD K6-2/550 MHz microprocessor
Asus P5A-B 100MHZ AGP AT, 512K cache motherboard
384 MB, PC100 8ns memory
3.5" DSHD floppy disk
Maxtor 30 gig hard disk 
Lite-On LTR-1210b 12x10x32 CD-RW burner
3dfx Voodoo 5 5500 64MB AGP video card
DCS YMF724 sound card
1 Parallel Port / 2 16550 UART serial ports
1 Game Port
4 USB ports
101 Key Enhanced Keyboard
Logitech FirstMouse+ PS/2 mouse
Mid-Tower Case w/230 watt power supply
Westinghouse LCM-19v7 19" 1280 x 1024 LCD monitor  
Windows XP Professional


AMD K6-2/400 MHz microprocessor
Asus P5A-B 100MHZ AGP AT, 512K cache motherboard
192 MB, PC100 8ns memory
3.5" DSHD floppy disk
Maxtor 91360U4, 13 gig hard disk
Maxtor 54610H6, 45 gig hard disk
32x CD Rom
Lite-On 52x CD Rom
3dfx Voodoo 3 3000 16MB AGP video card
Xwave-192 PCI sound card with speakers
1 Parallel Port / 2 16550 UART serial ports
1 Game Port
2 USB ports
101 Key Enhanced Keyboard
Logitech FirstMouse+ PS/2 mouse
Mid-Tower Case w/250 watt power supply
Windows 98 Second Edition


Texas Instruments Extensa 575CD Notebook Computer
Intel Pentium/100MHz microprocessor, 16K internal cache, 256K secondary cache
40 MB 70ns memory
3.5" DSHD floppy disk
Toshiba MK3003MAN 3 gig 13ms, hard disk
6X CD Rom drive
Cirrus Logic SVGA 800x600, 1MB video card
11.3" Dual Scan Passive Matrix color monitor
Sound Blaster Pro sound card
1 parallel / 1 16550 serial port
1 Type III/ 2 Type II PCMCIA Ports
External VGA, PS/2, Mic, Headphone Ports
Touchpad Pointing Device (internal)
Logitech FirstMouse+ PS/2 mouse (external)
Port Replicator
Windows 95b


IBM ThinkPad 755Cs Notebook Computer
Intel 486DX2/50 MHz microprocessor
36 MB 60ns memory
3.5" DSHD floppy disk
IBM 1.2 Gig hard disk
Toshiba 2x SCSI CD (in Docking Station)
Western Digital SVGA 640x480, 512K video card
9.5" Dual Scan Passive Matrix color monitor
PiXie DL-1564MBLK 15" .28 Dot, 1024x768 SVGA monitor
1 parallel / 1 16550 UART serial port
1 Type III/ 2 Type II PCMCIA Ports
External VGA, PS/2, Mic, Headphone Ports
Track Point II Pointing Device (internal)
IBM PS/2 mouse (external)
Windows 95b
Docking Station II
2 full-size ISA card slots (NIC card installed)
1, 1-inch-high drive space (2x SCSI CD installed)
1 half-high drive space (SCSI or IDE)
External SCSI-II device connectors
External mouse, keyboard, parallel, serial and SVGA connectors
1 Type III/ 2 Type II PCMCIA Ports
Sound Blaster compatible sound card w/3" speakers

Monitors

Samtron 77-V 17", .24 Dot, 1280x1024 SVGA monitor
Samtron 75-V 17" .24 Dot, 1280x1024 SVGA monitor
Starlogic 17" .28 Dot, 1280x1024 SVGA monitor
KDS VS-190 19", .27Dot, 1600x1200 SVGA monitor

 

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Revised: 12/17/09
©Rhuss
All Rights Reserved