The maintenance of efficient service in an extended local area network: experience with the *WATSTAR/pc system

Author

Roe, Peter H.

Author_Institution

Syst. Design Eng. Dept., Waterloo Univ., Ont., Canada

fYear

1988

fDate

22-25 Oct 1988

Firstpage

42

Lastpage

46

Abstract

The *WATSTAR/pc system is an educational local area network (LAN) that has been developed and used for engineering education. Some of the user and management facilities and features that contribute to network efficiency are described and discussed. Features covered are: the control of excess printing for reducing costs; the account manager and list manager that allow a group computing structure (i.e., a group of accounts that allows special software to be made available to all the students ion a particular instructor´s class); fault recovery and system topology; and use of dial-in nodes and laptop computer stations

Keywords

DP management; computer aided instruction; engineering computing; local area networks; microcomputer applications; teaching; *WATSTAR/pc system; account manager; dial-in nodes; educational LAN; educational local area network; engineering education; excess printing; extended local area network; fault recovery; group computing structure; laptop computer stations; list manager; management facilities; network efficiency; special software; students; system topology; user facilities; Art; Computer networks; Conference management; Hardware; Intelligent networks; LAN interconnection; Local area networks; Network servers; Printers; Printing;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Frontiers in Education Conference, 1988., Proceedings

Conference_Location

Santa Barbara, CA

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/FIE.1988.34952

Filename

34952