Using SPINACH
Spinach allows any person in the Gates Computer
Science Building to gain internet access for his/her portable computer.
Before starting to use SPINACH make sure that you have the following things:
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Network Interface. Either a 10BaseT
Ethernet card (and cable) or a WaveLan
wireless network card.
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DHCP Client. This is probably allready
on your operating system. Check the SPINACH DHCP page
for more information.
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WebBrowser that supports SSL. For example
a recent versions of Netscape or Internet Explorer.
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SUNetID. This is the same as your login
and password on leland or for AXESS. More information can be found on the
SUNetID
Home Page.
Now to get online follow these four simple
steps.
Connect
to the Network...
Connect your network interface to the
public network.
This
depends on what hardware you use.
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For a Wavelan card you just insert it into
the computer.
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For an Ethernet card look for one of the public
ports. They carry a green SPINACH sticker that looks like the one to the
right. For questions about the locations of the ports see the FAQ.
Connect your card to the port with an Ethernet cable.
Set
up your Network with DHCP...
The safest way to do this is to simply
reboot your computer. This should allways work. If you want something quicker
and like experimenting try:
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For UNIX systems run the dhcp tool. It is
often named dhcpclient and you probably have to bee root to start
it.
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For Windows 98 start winipcfg and hit
"Release all..." and then "Renew all...". Your system should be set up.
Start
your web browser...
It has to have Secure Socket Layer. Netscape
version 3 and up or Internet Explorer 3 and up work. Once you start your
browser you might get an error message saying that it can't reach your
home site. THis is OK, you don't have Internet access yet!
Browse
to spinach.Stanford.EDU...
Go to the URL http://Spinach.Stanford.EDU
and follow the instructions on the page. It will first ask you if you are
a Stanford Person or guest, redirect you to WebLogin,
and finally tell you the you have internet access. After that you have
full internet access for a limited amount of time (normally 24 hours).
If it doesn't work.
First check out the SPINACH
FAQ it will probably answer your question. If not send a note to the
SPINACH administrators.
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