Category:Computers Available on the CS Network

he CS Department is split between two networks.

   * The Grad/Research Net  (sometimes, simply referred to as The Grad Net or The Research Net)

   * The Undergrad (or Ugrad) Net

You will usually hear us refer to these nets by those names.

The Grad/Research and Ugrad nets are both completely different... different e-mail addresses/email systems, different accounts, different webpages, different locations, different home directories. The Ugrad network machines have disk quotas as well.

All CS machine names end in .cs.jhu.edu

Many of the Dept's Linux clients are available in labs/offices, where you can sit and work directly on them. Some are compute servers, only available remotely, via ssh. But, note, too, that all of our Linux clients are available remotely, via ssh. We currently have two Solaris clients (both only available remotely), but, we might be phasing them out over time.

Grad/Research Net

The Grad/Research Network is made up of Unix machines, mostly Linux (Fedora Core) and some Solaris. If you're a Masters student, you'll want to work in the Masters' Office located in NEB Room 332. Please obtain a key from Debbie in NEB 224 (the main CS office) for that room. There are several Linux machines available in that area for general use. A printer is located there as well. Please make sure you lock your computer screen anytime you leave the room. If you will be gone for a long period of time, please log out, so that others may use the machine.

If you're a PhD student, please check with your faculty advisor for your room assignment and computer assignment. You might be assigned a computer that the CS Dept. Computer Staff supports, or you might be assigned a computer supported by your lab admin.

New Faculty, Researchers, and Postdocs, please discuss your computing needs with CS IT Support, although any of the Grad/Research Net Linux boxes are available remotely via ssh. If you're teaching a class, you might need to use one of the Ugrad Net machines as well.

All of our Grad/Research clients, including a compute server, are available remotely via ssh.

The only Solaris box available on the grad net is called peregrine.cs.jhu.edu It is a compute server, and is only available remotely via ssh. However, this machine is considered as-is, as we are currently not installing new software on it. We only suggest using peregrine if our Linux boxes, including the Linux compute server, will not suffice.

Undergrad Net

The Undergrad network is made up of Linux machines, Windows machines, and a printer. The Undergrad Lab, located in NEB 225/227, is split into two sections. As you come in the main door, that's the CS Collaboration Room, a great spot for working on group projects. That room consists of Linux machines. Off that room is a door leading to the main Undergrad Lab. There, you will find both Linux and Windows machines, as well as the Ugrad printer.

The only Solaris box available on the Ugrad net is dbase.cs.jhu.edu, but it is only used by Dr. Yarowsky's class for Database use, and is only accessible remotely via ssh. Please see the class TA for more details.