Computer Status - Jerez, Spain

[blackknight]

I am enrolled on the April 2002 course at Jerez, and am planning n taking my laptop to keep in touch with the outside world etc.. I was just wondering what facilities there were to accomodate my computer onto their intranet. ie do i need to buy anything to allow my computer to connect to the network???

BK

[AH64 APACHE]

Just make sure you have a 100/10 Lan card and you should be fine - and a cable to connect to the wall but you can get that there. Also make sure that you are not expecting too much. Luckily you have your laptop as only six computers with internet access there for 120 odd students. Apparently that is 'adequate' - yeah for about 20 years ago!

Oh and do not expect it to be in your room. Rumour is it will cost them a million pesetas for each building to hook everybody up. Can you smell something.... BS! They just do not want to bother with doing it so they fob the students off with that cock and bull story. <img src="rolleyes.gif" border="0">

[Cahlibahn]

I dunno, £3700 per building doesn't sound outrageous

[BravoOne]

Hi BlackKnight,

What you need is a PCMCIA 56k Modem / LAN Card.

With this, you'll receive a cable that connects from the card to, probably, a BT style connector. (If purchased in the UK)

If you enquire at your local phone shop, they will then provide you with the necessary adapter that converts the BT connector to the European equivalent. This should get you started...

Good luck with the training!

Regards,

B1.

[Tinstaafl]

If it's a modem/LAN card there should be two adaptors or places where cables can be plugged in.

One of the supplied cables will be for the modem, typically with an RJ11 connector at the modem end & a UK phone plug at the other (for UK purchased cards). You would then need a phone plug adapter to use it elsewhere that doesn't use the same plug.

In the USA & Oz they've standardised on RJll connectors for all plugs. Much simpler than this business of different plugs for different parts of the phone setup...

The other cable will have RJ45 connectors at both ends. This is the one used for network connection.

[BillyFish2]

Wee bit off the subject but during my short visit to Jerez a few months ago, I was shown 3 or 4 PC's permanently connected to the internet that students could use - they appeared to be free. They were just up from the bar area.

Do I recall correctly? Hope so, as I'm rather counting on using that facility for e-mail.

[blackknight]

you are indeed correct, although the numbers are not really in your favour; assuming no one brought their own computer, and assuming a usual number of students being approx 120, that is 30 people to one computer, and im sure there would be a queue all day every day for the use of them, thats why im taking my own, which i can simply plug into the network, i might also invest in a network splitter, so two people can plug into one socket.

BK

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[Capt Wannabe]

Correct. A modem is no use what so ever as it is an ISDN phone system. You just need a LAN card and cable which can be had for under 50 quid.. .Really easy to set up, but if you have any problems just go and see the IT guys.