ATHENAEverything you need to know

…and a few things you don’t

but we’ll tell you anyway.

Who is Athena?

Greek Mythology

Goddess of

Wisdom

Intellect

Invention

MIT Athena

Athena was developed here in the early ‘80’s

A campus-wide, networked computer system serving MIT’s academic community

Comprised of 100s of computers connected to MITNet

Available to you at workstations in Athena “clusters”

What Athena is.. A set of computing tools built originally to

work with Unix, now also comes in a Linux flavor

A layer on top of the operating system A environment consisting of clients

(workstations) and servers: File servers Print Servers Post Office Servers

Some characteristics of Athena

Distributed file system – your files are not stored on the computer where you work

Secure and robust Well suited to scientific and engineering

applications Configurations and preferences are stored

on the network and follow you around

MIT email – don’t go there

Every Athena user account comes with an MIT email account. You will get one.

PLEASE DO NOT USE IT. We do not provide support, or training for MIT

email. You will lose this account after you leave MIT.

WHERE are Athena clusters? Locations throughout campus

Select > Other Options > Map/Status of Athena

Recommended Athena Clusters:

- Student Center W20-575- 56-129 (all with cd-wr drives)- 2-225 - 66-080

Not all Workstations are Created Equal.

- IBM and Dell PCs most familiar.

- Sun Spark and Sun Ultra workstations have different keyboards and different control processes. S/W discussed in this presentation works fine on them.

Athena DemoI. Get in the door…

Cluster combo – 91958

II. Create your Athena Username Username: 3-8 chars

Password: at least 6

Activation ~24 hours

III. http://web.mit.edu/olh/Rules/

Athena Demo, cont’d. IV. Logon

Console window, Terminal window Athena Locker has 1 Gig Star Office

Menu>editingpublishing>Office Prod Suites>Star Office

Web.mit.edu/yourusername/Public MToolsFM

Menu>Utilieis?Disk/File Access>MacWindowsDisk>mtoolsfm

What is my default printer? athena% lpq Printer: ajax@paper-pusher  'HP8000 W20-575'

Logoff – don’t close the Terminal Window Multimedia – problems with Shockware and others.

Getting Help

• Athena Helpline: 617-253-4435

• Athena web form: http://web.mit.edu/consult/www/ask.html

• Email general IT help: computing-help@mit.edu

• General IT helpline: 617.253.1101

• Stock answers http://itinfo.mit.edu/answer.php

Useful Athena Links

• How to burn CD-R and CD-RW discs on Athena: http://web.mit.edu/answers/workstations/ws_cdrecord.html

• How to USE HEADPHONES to listen to audio: http://web.mit.edu/answers/workstations/ws_headphones.html

• How to FORMAT FLOPPY disks on Athena: http://web.mit.edu/answers/workstations/ws_format.html

• What Runs Where: http://web.mit.edu/acs/www/table.html

Get Your Laptop on the Net

Visitor Access to MIT Wireless network Need your own wireless card (configured for

DHCP, with firewall disabled during registration)

Open a browser (in an area with wireless service) and point to any URL to register

Visitors can register for up to 5 days at a time, 14 total

To print, use MToolsFM on Athena IS&T Help Desk: 617-253-1101

Get Your Laptop on the Net

Holiday Inn wireless network

Available in rooms and public spaces Need your own wireless card (DHCP) or

borrow adapter from the Hotel Open a browser and point to any URL to

register Free printing at the front desk (see

handout) Firewall recommended Help desk service 1.877.755.0550

Don’t forget about the Library MIT library system one of the most

extensive in the world. Register your MIT ID card when

using library for first time. Go to any circulation desk. Tell them you’re with SMA. Borrow Books. Return them. Due date for all books: Aug 17.

Book may show later due date. Ignore it.

Access on-line library resources at http://libraries.mit.edu

One more cool thing: New Media Center

Hardware 13 Power Mac G4s running Mac OS X v10.2.6 2 scanners 1 analog to digital video converter

Software Photoshop, iMovie, Final Cut Pro, etc. No office productivity software

Located 26-139; available 24/7 Door code: 91958 Self service: no support Learn more here: http://web.mit.edu/nmc/

August 12th: Athena accounts TERMINATED

August 11th: Library Privileges END (books must be returned)

Enjoy your visit at MIT!

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