Operating Systems Laboratory
This laboratory is used for operating system and computer network instruction and research. On the instruction side, this lab houses the embedded Linux development server and is used to hold demonstrations for Internet networking protocols programming projects.
On the research side, graduate students use the equipment in this lab for AOS and Networking research. The OS research is primarily related to Embedded Linux, while the networking research is aimed at network security issues.
Currently, the lab houses 10 Sun Ultra Sparc workstations running Red Hat Linux 6.2 and six PCs running various versions of Windows and Linux. The PCs have an assortment of wireless (IEEE 802.11b) adaptors and network engines installed. An 802.11b access point, a 10/100T ethernet hub and a 10/100T ethernet switch are also installed. There are plans to convert an additional SUN Sparc 20 into a network router/firewall to isolate the research in the lab from the rest of the campus.