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Administrator's HP Palmtop
Helps
Him Organize a
65·Workstation
Network
This
user
shows
that
the
HP
Palmtop
has
its
own
value,
even
on
the
site
of a
large
network
of workstations.
Using
pcANYWHERE
on
the
palm-
top
while
traveling,
he
checks
dBASE
files
on
the
Network.
The
palmtop
also
comes
in
handy
for
Bible
study
and
genealogy
research.
By
Robert
Steckbeck
A
lthough
I
don't
think
of
myself
as
a
"computer
wee-
nie,"
I
do
carry
my
2Mb
200LX
palmtop
almost everywhere I go in
my
"RipOff" belt holster,
which
I
purchased
through
EduCALC.
When
I
say
everywhere,
I
mean
everywhere.
I
even
wear
it
to
church.
HP
palmtop helps run
65-workstation network
I
serve
as
network
administrator
for a
100-user
Novell
3.12 Local
Area
Network
in
my
position
as
the
Coordinator
of
Cardiology
Information
Services
at
the
Penn
State Cardiovascular Center of the
Milton S.
Hershey
Medical
Center
in
Hershey,
Pennsylvania.
The
Network
includes
about
65
work-
stations
and
15
shared printers.
Since
many
of
my
worksta-
tions
have
Internet
Protocol
OP)
addresses for access to the Internet
and
our
hospital's
mainframe,
I
need
to
keep
track
of
which
IP
address
is
being
used
by
which
computer.
An
IP
address
is
used
by
the
system similar to the
way
a house's
street address is used
by
the Postal
Service to locate a building. So, it's
important
that
I
not
assign
any
given IP
address
to more
than
one
computer,
or
one of the users
won't
be able to access
our
system, as the
address which
his/her
computer
is
claiming will already be in
use
.
I
keep
a
listing
of
these
in
a
text file using
MEMO
on
the
palm-
top. This allows
me
to
know
at
any
given
time
which
IP
address
is
in
use,
and
where.
I
can
search
for
any
user's
name
or
any
IP
address
using
MEMO's "Search" function.
Additionally,
by
periodically
uploading
this
ASCII file
to
my
desktop
computer,
I
can
import
it
into
a
Microsoft
Word
document
which
serves
as
the
Supervisor's
Manual
for
my
network. I devote a
chapter
in
the
manual
to
the
IP
addresses
on
my
network,
and
I
regularly
update
this chapter from
my
palmtop.
As
noted
above,
my
network
includes
15
networked
printers,
mostly
HP
LaserJet Ills
and
IVs. I
keep a separate
MEMO file listing
the locations of these printers
and
their
network
names.
This allows
me to quickly find
them
when
I set
up
a
new
workstation
or
otherwise
need to change the
printer
to which
any
node
directs its printing. I pre-
fer to direct
printed
output
to a net-
work
printer
from
the
AUTOEX-
EC.BAT
file,
using
a
DOS
com-
mand
which specifies the
printer's
name,
so
having
this
information
on
the
palmtop
is
of
great
use
to
me.
Again,
I
upload
this
MEMO
file to
my
desktop system to use in
my
network
manual.
Remote
access
to
dBASE
IV
files
Since I carry
my
palmtop
with
me
everywhere,
on
several occasions I
have
used
pcANYWHERE, Version
4.5,
and
a
Megahertz
14.4 X-Jack
modem,
Model XJl144, to remotely
dial
into
my
desktop
computer
in
ABOUT
THE
AUTHOR
Bob
Steckbeck has been a Registered Nurse since
1974,
with
20
years experi-
ence in
Coronary
Care
and
a
Cardiac
C
ath
eterization Laboratory. He
began working with computers about
12
years ago on a hobby basis,
but
moved
five
years
ago
to
the
position
of
Coordinat
or
of
Cardiology
Information Services
at
the Penn State Cardiovascular Center of the Milton
S.
Hershey Medical Center. He is currently pursuing a degree in Computer
Sc
ience, and has set
up
dBase applications for several volunteer organiza-
tion
~
.
Bob
is married with four children, three sons
(21,
17,
andl4)
and
one
daughter
(10). E-Mail:
BSTECKBE
OC
ATHLAB.CARDlO.
HM
C.
PSU.EDU
16 THE HP PALMTOP PAPER SEPTEMBER/ OCTOBER 1997