Rats

Yes Rats.... They chewed up the link between the NBH-GH and the rest of IIIT. 

PS1. At times working in the server room is a real education as to the flexibility of the protocols of TCP/IP and the amount of abuse cisco hardware can take.

PS2. I am happy ganguly and dravid managed to get some runs.

PS3. After a long time(6~7 years) I played four continuous days of badminton. It felt good.

PS4. I saw kulbir saini's cam. The auto click(when you smile) thing either doesn't work or I don't have a happy enough smile :(

ps5. Played far cry all over again. Not in the mood for "research" these days.

ps6. My gfx card(7800gtx) is totally and utterly useless. I need a new machine. Donations please :)

ps7. I think most of your batchmates leaving makes for a very lonely and boring existance. I think the life in the OBH is kinda dull these days. No longer see people out in the corridors BC'ing. 

PS8. Somebody download some good series .............

Have your say about the IIIT Network!

After getting into the finer points of administration in IIIT,The faculty, kulbir saini and I have come up with a list of things we would try and do by the end of the year. Here are a few things. If you have any suggestions please leave them as comments.

1. Wired LAN to replace Wireless LAN as primary LAN. They new LAN will be Gbps!
2. New LDAP server to replace SAS that runs on 200. Each student will have a single IIIT Id.
3. Stop forwarding of e-mail for current students. We will give you 5gb space insted to store e-mail
4. Un-block all internet resources in IIIT. Webcams, VoIP, torrents rapidshare etc..
5. Each student will have to enter his IIIT Id in the proxy for authentication.
6. Each student will have a 3 Gb limit of internet usage per month! Do whatever you want with it! (This is where I expect a lot of comments)
7.Each batch will have a 100 GB multimedia download account per month.
8. We will buy a blade server. This will run mirage, teaching lab servers , ldap etc..
9. Setup VPN system in IIIT . This would be to a secure and efficient way to access IIIT from outside.
10. Restart the sysAdmin blog and be transparent about all configurations we make(available on the intranet only)

Plz don't comment like anony-mouse cowards. Leave your name, link/e-mail ID! All constructive suggestions/queries are welcome!

I would be especially happy if IIIT alumni would share their experiences from working in the industry and from what they see there.

The return of the student SysAdmins

Finally the server room has been returned to students. From next year Kulbir Saini and yours truly will try our best to revive the IIIT Network. This transition has taken the students, and a few of us in particular a lot of hard work. It's sad that it took so long for this to happen because a lot of talented people in UG2K3 and UG2K4 missed out on being SysAdmins. I hope such a thing never happens again.