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Milestone #2 Progress Update.
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Milestone #1 Progress
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https://www.techadvisor.co.uk/how-to/pc-...s-3512328/

The terms computer, PC, system, and server are used interchangeably.

With 'specs' we generally mean
* exact operating system version: Windows 10, Windows 7, Ubuntu 14.04
* how much RAM
* how much disk space in total
* how much disk space free
* what kind of CPU
* how many CPU cores
* CPU speed GHz
* screen size in pixels, example: 1024 x 768

A lot of that info you can find in the Windows Task Manager. Depending on the problem to be solved, some specs are more important / relevant than others.
When you define your test environment it's important to list as many system specifications as you can so that you can define as accurately as possible how the test was done. All this information is necessary, for example, when the test results are negative and the test needs to be repeated.

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Attached you will find a chart showing the basics of TCP. How a client connects to a server to obtain a web page.
   

Use a 3.5" external drive instead of a USB stick with at least 1 TB and ideally it should be a USB 3 drive.
Follow the steps below:

How to install Windows Server 2016 on a USB drive

Please make sure your BIOS supports booting from USB, some older PCs can't. You can get into the BIOS by rebooting and pressing DEL or one of the F keys. There should be a message on screen when you power up your PC. Once in the BIOS, make sure virtualization is turned on (usually it is) and look for 'boot order' and related settings. Some motherboards have a boot override section where you can select the USB drive manually and boot from it. Some motherboards allow you to override the boot order by pressing F12 during the BIOS procedure. You may need to experiment a little....


The great thing about booting Windows Server 2016 from USB, when done for educational purposes, is that it won't affect your PC and its settings. Also a good external hard drive can take a lot of abuse, unlike a typical laptop drive. And another bonus is, once it's booted you can install Hyper-V inside, which you can't when you install Server 2016 inside a VM.

Hope this helps!

Click edit in the main menu, then preferences and you get the screen below. On laptops with little RAM available you could allow most of the VMs RAM to be swapped to disk, assuming you have a fast SSD for example.

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Feeling frustrated with all this new stuff is totally normal and in part also point of the exercise.
In school they predigest everything, break it down, step by step, so that all you have to do is follow steps. This strategy makes it easy for them to charge tuition and to expect 'results', i.e. the steps they already gave you to do...
In the real world, and the transition from school to real world will likely be painful for most students, 90%+ of the work, especially in the IT business, lies in the 'breaking it down' and 'figuring it out'. Because following predefined steps is the easiest part. Also in IT most problems are unique in nature. Certain issues repeat all over, but each problem to be solved has usually a lot of unknowns to it because it's new and unique...

The internet and your team members will help you a lot to overcome most hurdles. Try to team up with someone who came to a face to face meeting. Email everyone and ask for assistance.

Try these searches in YouTube and Google:
how to install virtualbox
how to install VMware Player
how to use virtualbox
how to install Windows Server 2016
What is TCP/IP
What is HTTP
What is FTP
how to install IIS
how to install IIS FTP server

and so on...
Also in google you will find a lot of useful articles. One major point of this exercise is to experience the feeling of having to figure things out yourself online and also seek assistance from your team members and work together to figure things out. This is of course a major change of course for students who never had to do this before. The earlier you develop this problem solving skill, the better for you. Employers always want the people who can figure things out without requiring too much guidance, which of course costs a lot of money.

For milestone #1 and #2, please read about virtual machines and watch a dozen or so related videos on YouTube. There is lots of good education material out there. Ask your team members who have these steps completed about their experience and recommendations.

If all that doesn't help we can show the steps required for milestones #1 and #2 again next time we meet, which will be probably in about 2 weeks

This is an old (7y) article but I think it's likely still accurate and shows how to do port forwarding in verizon routers and linksys:

FTP Server Setup Guide

The BC screenshots on that page are no longer up-to-date, but the principle is still the same. The BC version we will be working on had a lot of changes to its FTP server done, so there is a lot more functionality now to test.