FAQ - Frequently Asked Questions

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FAQ v češtině

General

• How to read this FAQ?
• How to search with web browser?
• What restrictions apply to users of net?
• Netiquette (Conventions of online politeness)

Important IP addresses and servers

• Does 147.32.*.* belong only to CVUT?
• Is it possible to know on which block certain computer is situated according to IP address?

Netiquette

• What should I do, when I receive spam or hoax or when someone tryed to crack my computer?
• How should posts to newsgroups and emails look like?
• Why shouldn't I send emails with size exceeding 50 kB?
• Why shouln't I post messages exceeding 50 kB?

Membership howto

• Who is member of SH (Silicon hill club)?
• Am I a member of SH?
• Who is member of SU (Students' union)?
• Am I a member of SU?
• Do the other dormitories have such clubs as SH?
• What is the relationship between SU and SH or other clubs?
• What do I gain, if I become a member of club SH?
• How can I become a member of club SH?

Membership fee

• What are the means of membership fee payment?
• Until when can I pay the membership fee?
• I want to connect in middle of the semester, is it enough to pay half of membership fee?
• Why isn't it possible, to pay for a shorter time period? (e.g. 400 Kc/3 months)?
• Is it possible to pay membership fee in advance? (E.g. 1600 Kc/year)
• Is it possible to be acquited from membership fee?
• What will happen, if I don't pay the fee in time?
• I would like to connect more computers per person, is it possible?
• Is it possible to get user account on server without a personal computer?

User accounts, registration

• Who is my admin?
• Admin would like to know my network interface card number (MAC address), what is this number?
• I asked admin to register me, but my registration haven't been fulfiled up to now. What can I do and who can help me?
• What should I do, in case I want account on a certain server?
• What should I do, if I've forgotten my password?
• What should I do, if I want to change my existing password?

Cables for structured net

• On my room there's a network connector, but I don't have any cable. How can I get it?
• What should I do, in case the cable is too long or too short?
• What should I do before leaving my room for holidays with the cable?
• Which network connector (left or right) should I use?

Network settings

• I have got cable and admin's agreement, how do I configure my computer for working on the internet?
• How do I set IP address manually?
• How do I know that net is working?

Troubleshooting

• How do I know, that net doesn't work and what should I do in case it happens?
• Connection with the school's Novell-type server doesn't work, what should I do?

E-mail

• What is my email address at Strahov?
• How do I set my mail client (e.g. Outlook, Netscape, Thunderbird)? I would like to receive mail from my school email and also from freemail, strahov's mailbox.
• I don't receive a single email, why?
• I want to read my emails via my supermodern mobile phone, how can I set to do so?
• I want to get access to mail via web-browser? (As it is on freemail servers, such as yahoo.com.)
• Is it safe to read mails via http?
• Server that stores my mail is not on the list of available servers, what should I do?
• I would like to forward my mail from address N.Surname@sh.cvut.cz to a non-strahov mail, or to another server on strahov.
• I want to send mail, that has the address from my account at work or home.
• How can I set mail forwarding from server to another computer or mobile?
• What should I do, in case of receiving spam?
• How to send emails from notebook from different locations via strahov's mail servers?

My homepage

• I'd like to have an own homepage. Where should I upload it, and what's the address of the homepage?
• Is it possible to use strahov's database servers on the webpage?
• Can I advertise links to my webpages, that I created at work?
• Can I use a banner-exchange system on my homepage?

Newsgroups

• What are newsgroups and which can be visited at Strahov?
• What is the use of discussion groups on localnews server and how do I login??
• What is acceptable to post in group info.sh-net?
• I cannot post anything to news, but my roomate can. What's the trouble?
• By mistake I've posted a message to news to another group. How can I delete it?
• Is it possible to get access to localnews outside Strahov?
• How to use news outside dormitory?

FTP - File transfer protocol

• How can I connect to an FTP server?
• What servers can I use on Strahov?

Dictionary

• What is IP address?
• What is netmask (subnet mask)?
• What is gateway and router?
• What is hub and switch?
• What is DNS (nameserver)?
• What is URL?
• What is a(n) DHCP, BOOTP?
• What is WINS?
• What is SMTP?
• What is POP3?
• What is IMAP?
• What is HTTP?
• What is FTP?
• What is DUSPS?
• What is Studentská Unie (Student union)?

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