Fall '26 Week 6
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Video Script
00:00 Hello and welcome to the week six announcements video for CIS 527 and CC 510 in fall 2026. So this week, hopefully you should be working on wrapping up the first discussion. If you weren’t able to attend the discussion video last week, you’ve got until the end of today to watch the video and respond to some prompts to show me that you watched the video. Also today, you should be turning in the quizzes for Lab 3. Those are due at the end of today. Next Tuesday, we’re going to have our second discussion section, which I’ll talk about in just a second. Lab 3 is actually going to be due Monday, October 12th. It was originally due on October 9th, which is a Friday, but that is Wildcat Pause Day, and so none of us will be available to grade the lab. I’m going to move it back to Monday, so you get a freebie weekend because it lines up with Wildcat Pause Day.
00:48 So for Lab 3, hopefully you’re getting started on Lab 3. It’s all about core networking services. You’re going to set some IP addresses on your VMs, install a DNS and a DHCP server, install and configure an SNMP server, and do some work with Wireshark. This lab does get a bit more complicated than the previous couple of labs, but I do provide a lot of hints and diagrams and even a video walkthrough of what the lab should look like. So if you’re unsure about anything you’re working on in Lab 3, please ask questions. We are happy to help. Like I tell a lot of students in this class, I do not expect you to get all the way through the class without asking at least some questions. So don’t be afraid to ask questions if anything doesn’t make sense or is unclear as you work on Lab 3.
01:29 So for Lab 3 grading, we’re going to go back to the in-person grading via Zoom. Make sure you’re scheduling your grading meeting before the due date. Please bear in mind that Friday the 9th is Wildcat Pause Day, and then Monday the 12th is my day on campus, so I’m very limited on availability those days. Check my calendar and check Sicheng’s calendar. Go ahead and grab a time on either of those calendars if you know you’re going to be done with the lab before those dates, so that we have those in our schedule. You can always do that as long as you’re done with the lab. For grading, we’re going to check a few things. We’re going to check that we can remote connect between the two systems using Remote Desktop and SSH. We’re going to confirm your static IP on your Ubuntu server, look at some DNS and DHCP settings, have you demonstrate SNMP or show us a screenshot of SNMP, and have you show us your Wireshark snapshots as well. So make sure you have all those prepared. Once we get on with Lab 3, we’re going to start working on Lab 4, which is about Windows Server and Active Directory. I’ll talk more about Lab 4 in a week or so as you get closer to that. Generally, most students will tell you that Lab 4 is the most complicated lab in this class, so we kind of have it loaded in the middle of the class. But as always, if you have questions, you can ask.
02:40 So, a big reminder for success in this class: make sure you read the labs carefully and work very methodically. Make sure you look at all the posted hints and resources. A lot of times in the labs, I have links to the resources that I read when I’m trying to do these labs. So there are a lot of times first-party documentation or what I think are really helpful tutorials for this. Don’t be afraid to ask questions. And then, of course, the big thing I tell students is don’t spin your wheels. If you feel like you’ve been doing the same thing over and over again and not making any progress for about an hour, it’s a good opportunity to take a step back, ask me some questions, and get some help. Don’t just spin your wheels and get frustrated for several hours when you’re not making forward progress.
03:20 So coming up next week on Tuesday, we’re going to have another guest speaker in this class. We have Scott Finkeldei coming in. Scott has been working at K-State IT for over 25 years, I believe, probably closer to 30 years at this point. He currently works in educational technology and is the Canvas admin, and is one of the people who oversees a lot of the educational technology we use at K-State for our teaching and learning. I think it will be really interesting for you to hear from the administrator of a lot of the tools and technologies that you interface with as a student. It’s also a lot of the technology that I work with as a faculty member. Scott’s going to be coming to us next Tuesday on the 6th, at 1 o’clock p.m. in the afternoon via Zoom as usual. Remember, for the discussion sessions, you need to have a set of questions submitted before that date. Then you can either attend the session on Tuesday and ask a question, or watch the video afterward and respond to a few of the prompts that I’ll put up, just to show you’ve watched the video. Those are the things that you need to do to get credit for these. Other than that, hopefully things are going well. If you have any questions, reach out on Ed Discussion or Teams. You can also come to office hours or schedule office hours with me. I’m always happy to chat. Otherwise, hopefully you don’t find this lab too frustrating. I know, especially when you’re working with DNS and DHCP, there are a lot of fun and interesting ways that it can go wrong. So best of luck. Be careful as you work through this lab. Feel free to ask for clarification if anything doesn’t make sense. And best of luck. I will see you next week.