Objectives and Tasks
Tasks Included in Circuit Rider Mission
The following is a non-exhaustive list of tasks MSLN Circuit Riders will be expected to perform and may be extended or modified by the MSLN Advisory Board:
- Evaluate a site's network environment (NOS version, wiring plant), MSLN connectivity and
workstation configuration (OS version, memory, disk storage, processor speed) and make
recommendations for optimizing it for MSLN access.
- Install, upgrade, configure and/or optimize commonly used Internet client software, as necessary,
and in the process instruct local staff in why and how this work is done.
- Configure and demonstrate configuration of staff email accounts on the shared MSLN email server.
- Configure and demonstrate configuration of mechanisms for posting pages to the shared MSLN
web server.
- Provide advice on bandwidth optimization techniques as appropriate to a given site.
- Review with site staff a checklist of steps that will lead toward local technical self-sufficiency.
- Instruct site staff briefly and only as necessary in the basics of client software use and MSLN
connection management.
- Provide advice on considerations associated with creating local email, file and web servers.
Tasks Excluded from Circuit Rider Mission
There are a wide variety of local needs related to computing and telecommunications that, though
worthy, from its rulings the PUC appears not to support. The following is a list of examples of tasks
that we understand to be excluded from support by this Circuit Rider effort:
- Installation and/or configuration of a local email, file or web server.
- Design of Local area networks.
- Wiring for or installation of a local area network.
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