Log into Networking Lab pods (Local)

How to Log Into the Pods from Within the Classroom

Use the following instructions to connect to one of the networking pods while inside the lab:

1. Plug an ordinary straight-through Ethernet cable into your laptop and plug the other end into one of the yellow ports on the desktop. You can also access the network wirelessly by connecting to the SSID NetworkLabAccess.
2. Your laptop should automatically obtain an address in the 172.16.0.0/23 subnet. If it does not, please ensure that you do not have a static IP address set on your network card.
3. Open a terminal program such as PuTTy or SecureCRT.
4. Open an SSH connection to the IP address of the pod to which you are connecting. The IP address is 172.16.0.P, where P is the number of the pod to which you are connecting.
5. Enter your lab username and password to gain access to the pod. Alternatively, if you are accessing the pod remotely using the reservation system, enter the temporary username and password you received in your reservation confirmation e-mail.
6. Once you have successfully logged in, you will be presented with a menu for connecting to the devices in the pod. Simply type the number next to the device you want to connect to and hit ENTER to connect.
7. If you wish to connect to another device, type ~ then . (period), to return to the menu.
8. When you are finished working on the pod and have cleared all of your devices, type exit from the main menu to log out.