Now, could you please check for your "connectivity".
You may access SandBucket workstation (now as a VNC server,
later by Windows Terminal Server) by one of the following ways
Java (Internet
Explorer/Netscape) client using port 5800 |
By Java Client | |
Java (Internet
Explorer/Netscape) client using port 80 (common http port) (method added (200401) to try to pass through your local firewall) |
By Java Client | |
installing a VNC Client |
visit RealVNC home page | |
using MSWindows executable client (without installation) |
as target address, give: 81.57.148.97
(Note that the IP address is subject to change [if SandBucket moves] )
At this time (if you are'nt registered) the "GOOD" completion is the
popup window asking for a password, no more!
Please, report success or any difficulty to mailto:ishtar-int@inrets.fr
Description of sandbucket
Component |
Description
|
Model |
Compaq Pressario 5170 |
CPU |
Intel Pentium III |
Speed |
400 Mhz |
Ram |
392 Mbytes |
Disk |
IDE, NTFS, 45 Gbytes (20 Gb free) |
Ingoing connections allowed |
ports 5800 and 5900, no
restriction on from-addresses at this time, port 80 is maped to 5800 on the external router |
Outgoing connections allowed |
symantec,
ftp://ftp.inrets.fr (input, anonymous, later
named incoming and outgoing) http://www.ishtar-fp5-eu.com, |
Internet |
ADSL (http://www.freetelecom.fr/),
384/2048 kbytes/sec, Modem/Router Kortex 711 |
Video |
up to 1280x1024, for faster
communications normaly set to 800x600 |
Sound |
FORBIDDEN (not supported by VNC,
and disturbing owner) |
Software |
Version
|
OS |
Win 2000 Pro, French, SP5,
last Windows Update 20040228 |
MS Office | Pro, 97, Office Update Engine
29/08/2003, |
Internet Explorer |
6.0.2 |
Netscape |
7.1 |
Winzip |
7.0 |
Adobe (acrobat reader) |
6.0.2800 |
RealVNC server |
3.3.7 |
Fire-wall & antivirus |
Norton Antivirus 2002 &
Norton Internet Security Professional 2002, definitions: 28, Frebruary
2004 |
SoundPlan |
Version 6 (to be renewed on
March 1, 2004) |
Aria |
Impact 1.3.1 |
OpenOffice |
version 1.1 |
WinIdams |
Version 1 , General purpose
statistical package, freely distributed by Unesco. |
ArcGIS |
8.3 without extension (for 60
days : January, February 2004) |
Visual Basic |
6.0, Pro, French, SP5 |
Messengers |
Yahoo & Msn (for future use) |
Access to VNC server
Remind that your exchanges may be wathched and logged.
Try to connect as mentioned above
- if VNCserver is running, you will be prompted for VNC password,
modify option to "shared" and go on
- during housekeeping, I will shutdown the VNC server and you
will
not be prompted for password
- during "private booked" session, I will change temporarily the VNC
password and you will not succeed.
I will try to keep up-to-date the planning visible in the array below
of this page.
Settings for client |
Value
|
Comments
|
Share |
yes or checked |
You will start watching
sandbucket |
Settings for server |
Value
|
Comments
|
When last client disconnect |
logoff workstation |
Ensure that the next user will
have to login win 2k |
connexion socket |
accept |
|
Wall paper |
Remove |
Smart access:
I thing that a fast solution is: to create on your
desktop a shortcut to the VNC client
- create it by "rigth click on RealVncViewer Icon in
MenuStart, then drag the shortcut icon over your desktop
- open the property panel (right click) and add at the end
of
line: 81.57.148.97
/shared
Policy for time-sharing of sandbucket workstation
Note that a non shared connection has only to be tried if you WANT
to disconect the runing user, its seems usualy not correct.
Close all your windows before leaving VNC, elsewere, if Windows
needs some action before closing an application sandbucket will go in a
dead lock
(Waiting your answer while you are no more connected)
Note also the the WP6 HIT software refuses to be close by
standard Windows method (use EXIT button)
We will also assume as policy, that if you don't change your active
VNC password, that means that you agree to be watched and in some
case interrupted.
You are invited to try any user's mistake but to respect the
(unprotected) rules listed below :
- don't try to login as
administrator (or another account than your own)
- when you don't have an
appointment, use a "shared" connexion to avoid
to disconnect a previous user
- sign your presence, your
"startup
group" starts a file named
"your_name-wpx.txt", please minimize it and leave it on the task
bar.
- if you change screen resolution
[break the link, you need, quickly, a
new connection], please restore it to 800x600 before leaving
- if you start wathching in an
opened window, please don't disturb,
go away.
- don't issue any sound
- don't try to access local peripherals as floppy or CDrom
- don't try to attack other computers on the [my] local network
- when you finish, close your session. If needed you may "restart the
computer", never "shutdown the computer". (In case of shutdown,
Sandbucket will be unavailable until human LOCAL intervention)
- Ask before modifying settings
for VNC server.
- Once your W2K session is
started, you may modify the
VNC password so that no other user will be allowed to connect to
Sandbucket.
(Of course, for
your next visit you have to use the
original password received, since your session is closed)
Policy for Windows 2000
- Please change your win2k password to a personnal string as soon as
possible.
(when session is open, send "ctrl+alt+del" and on the
login screen choose "changer de mot de passe"
- If you have received accounts with different rights, work with
restricted rights as long as you don't need to proceed to an
installation.
- Try installed software with your restricted account.
Uploading and downloading files on Sandbucket
The firewall forbid direct communication with Internet;
when you need to exchange file, please,
send an email to mailto:ishtar-int@inrets.fr
- for upload, attach ONE zipped file; you will find a copy on the
desktop in folder "Mes Documents"
- for download, prepare a zip file on sandbucket and give me the
fully-qualified name.
(later, we will pass through our ftp server)
Status of Ishtar Suite Components
Component |
Version / date
|
Comments
|
Board |
20031021 |
workshop for documentation,
donwloaded from web site,
uninstalled, not usable, (missing VB6FRDLL) |
WP1 (connector only) |
20040301 |
in c:\ishtar_shared\WP1 (to be installed it in your private space) |
Impact |
Installed, usable with
restricted rights |
|
SoundPlan |
6 |
Installed (30031203), partially
usable
with restricted right (20031219) |
TEE2003 |
Feb, 16, 2004 |
in
c:\ishtar_shared\tee_20040216 (to be installed it in your private
space) |
HIT (WHO) |
January 2004 |
in
c:\ishtar_shared\wp6 waiting for aggrement before installing (to
be copied in your private space) |
Monuments (WP7) |
January, 29, 2004 |
in
c:\ishtar_shared\wp7
to be copied and installed in your private space. |
WP9 (Connector only) |
20040301 |
in c:\ishtar_shared\WP9 (to be installed it in your private space) |
Forecast on service and booking (time of Paris, winter, = GMT
+2)
(If you want to book a period, send email to mailto:flavigny@inrets.fr ),
Sandbucket is now available 24/24.
Period (AAAAMMJJ HH:MN) |
Avalability | Remarks
|
? |
? |
|
Report on current users (in chronological answer order)
Identification (WP#) |
Connectivity J: Java and V: VncViewer |
ishtar-sb L: List subscriber w Win2k account W session success |
Comments
|
Jean-Claude (8) |
J & V |
L, W |
|
Pierre-Olivier (8) |
J & V |
L, W |
from Inrets.fr domain (excluded
sub-network 253) From free.fr (French internet provider): OK |
Michael (4s) |
J & V |
L, W |
Ok, Soundplan available.. |
Nicola (1) |
what is sandbucket ? |
||
Jerome (8) |
L, W |
Ok, Grenoble demo available |
|
Olivier (4) |
J |
L, W |
Ok, (java), Impact avalable |
Emanuele N.(3,...) |
L, w |
not a priority! |
|
Antonio (3) |
L, w |
||
Alessandro (3) |
L |
||
trac (9) |
L, w |
||
Emanuele DT (3) |
L, W |
||
Pantelis (7) |
L, W |
says very slow! to be checked |
|
Ezechiel (9, 1) |
L, w |
No link |
|
Simona |
L, w |
||
Sergio (3) |
L, w |
||
Frederic (Paris) |
L, w |
Obtains pwd prompt, no more |
|
Fari (9) |
L, w |
||
Trac (WP9) |
L, w |
||
Peter (Paris) |
L,W |
Ok, |
Note that partners with lowercase
"w"' seems to have never opened a session.
The names in first column ARE NOT login ID (Security!) ..
Speed evaluation
We have to include a speed chart, please, send report!
International keyboard
I have
sent the following mail to ishtar-sb email list, I am waiting for reply
Hello,
I have to add a paragraph about national keyboard on the web page of
sandbucket.
From my point of view, it seems that: the Windows
2000 installed on sandbucket contains most of european languages &
keyboards (but not Greek, sorry).
The VNC password is, of course, typed using your local keyboard.
The login screen offers two languages: Fr and En, but from remote VNC
client
your local keyboard is used again (regardless of the square shown).
You may use the combination <alt>+<LeftShift> to swap
language, but there
is no impact on the alphabet used).
Note that, in some circumstance, alt+LeftShift will also swap your
local
keyboard.
Once you have opened your Windows session on sandbucket, that is more
confused: here is some observations:
1) By "Démarrer" --> "paramètres" --> "Panneau de
configuration" --> "Clavier" choose the tab: "Paramètre
régionnaux d'entrée" you may add a new set (parameters
and keyboard) for your national configuration.
2) If you want that each new window use a predefined configuration, use
the "Par defaut" button to set it
3) Now, using a left mouse click on the blue square language, near the
clock, you may choose your language (For the active window)
4) for the test, open a notepad and try letters and special characters
it appears that letters mays be translated by the local or Vnc keyboard
for the upper row (digits) I see that if my local and sambucket are
set to "En" upper & lower case are inverted (two reciprocal
translations!) but special characters seems better by choosing keyboard
only on sandbucket side.
Waiting for an authorized solution, some by-pass:
5) If you know the layout of a French keyboard (see photo of a desktop and one portable ), you will have the full set of
characters using
"Fr" on the two sides.
6) If you set the language on sandbucket corresponding to your local
keyboard AND you set your local keyboard to Fr, I found that most of
the usual characters are transmited.
Could you please try from your workstation and send echo so that we
have
a better guide
Best regards
PO.
Troubleshooting
If youd don't succeed to connect please follow thoses steps:
- open a command line window, try the three next lines and report
the results
- hit: ping 81.57.148.97 (if no
response the stop is at or before my router, use tracert to localize it
)
- hit: tracert 81.57.148.97 (will locate the last
accessible node, the last node is the DSLAM who connect my line:
"bossuet...dsl" the problem is located on
Internet)
- telnet 81.57.148.97 5900 (if ping responds and not
telnet, my router, Sandbucket or VNC server is down, any other response
is OK)
- try the three connect methods (Java on ports 5800 and 80, &
Vnc
viewer)
- if your VNC password is rejected, may be a booked session is in
progress, watch the schedule above.
Archives of the email lists
(files are compliant with RFC 934, anf may be bursted for easy access)
Ishtar-sb@inrets.fr: 200311, 200401 ,
Ishtar-dev@inrets.fr: 200304 ,
200305 , 200306 , 200307 , 200309 , 200310 , 200311 , 200312 , 200401
Previous versions of this page:
20031114 , 20031119
, 20031205 , 20031205 , 20040119 , 20040123 ,
And now
Have a look on Sandbucket in summer and
in winter, see also it's owner in true life.
edited with Netscape 7.1 Composer.