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)?

Questions, feedback or any ideas to enhance this FAQ can be mailed to address faq@sh.cvut.cz

Authors of original version: Fox, Pletiplot, Sobik

English translation by Dávid Ádám.

This document contains questions frequently asked to admins. For saving your time we created this list, where you can find answers to problems concerning net services in club Silicon Hill.