Each group has a kit that includes an 8 port switch (Netgear GS108Tv2) and a dual-band WiFi access point (Netgear WNDR3800 or WNDR3700v2). You'll need to connect the access point and the MacMini with the 8 port switch to allow your students to access the virtual teaching environment and the Internet. Note that the 8-port switch is not strictly necessary as you could attach the AP directly to your internal (LAN) network interface (eth0) and use the 4-ports on the AP as a switch if necessary.
The switch and access point are pre-configured for this workshop to save classroom time. All the switch ports are equivalent, so it's not important which ports on the switch you connect the devices to.
Connect the access point and the MacMini to the switch. When you connect the MacMini to the switch, you'll use the built-in ethernet port (eth0). When you connect the access point, you'll use one of the four black ethernet ports. Don't use the yellow ethernet port on the access point.
Power on the switch and access point. When the power light on the access point indicate that both the 2.4 and 5Ghz channels are on, then it is ready for use.
You will now connect to your classroom LAN with your laptop in the next section.
Each group has an access point with SSIDs of the form KITx-2.4 and KITx-5 (e.g. for group one, KIT1-2.4 and KIT1-5). Connect your laptop to your group's access point using either one of these SSIDs. The password is 8888888888.
As we have completed the initial build of your MacMini DHCP is running and you should receive an IP address in the 10.10.0.0/24 range.
Next, from your laptop ping the access point (.251), switch (.253) and the MacMini (.241) to make sure you can talk to your network devices.
You should now be able to ssh to your MacMini. Because we enable DNS on the MacMini in the next session, you'll need to use the IP address to connect to the devices on your network.
ssh nsrc@10.10.0.241Log in with the instructor password.
Both of the network devices use web interfaces for administration. The access point and switch have already been configured for you, but in the next section you'll verify the settings so you are familiar with the minimum configuration that's needed to run a workshop.
Connect to the access point with a web browser:
http://10.10.0.251/The username is admin and the password is the instructor password.
Connect to the switch with a web browser:
http://10.10.0.253/The password is the instructor password.
Each group has an ethernet cable that will provide your connection to the Internet.
Connect your network drop to the MacMini's USB ethernet dongle (eth1). Your MacMini will now act as the network gateway for your VMs and machines attached via your access point or switch.