1 MIUR Istituto Tecnico Industriale Ettore Majorana Dario Zucchini Rocco De Carlo (Developer) ……………………… Palmaria 02/02/2014 Net-Control A network modality and a network tools for improve and manage internet access in school labs

2 MIUR Istituto Tecnico Industriale Ettore Majorana Grugliasco – Turin – Piedmont - Italy Computer Science Electronics & Telecommunications 1300 students 6000 students qualified since Laboratories fully wired 300 Computer on the network Wi-Fi Network Intranet with 10 servers Broad Band & Satellite Internet European Network of Innovative Schools Partnerships with companies, authorities, local schools D-Schola Service, Managing and Experimental Centre

3 MIUR Traditional LAN/School Networks Internet All network traffic is visible to all host All network traffic use the same bandwidth* Every PC have full time access to the Internet The office PCs are accessible by the labs PC The one point hub/switch requires long wiring *Switch can improve network performance

4 MIUR Ehnanced Sub-Network School Network Internet Every labs have a wired local network The multi switch configuration requires short wiring Every PC have full time access to the Internet The office PCs are accessible by the labs PC Optimal network performance using switch

5 MIUR Net-Control School Network Internet Every labs have true local network Every server labs with routing ability manage inter-network traffic Only local network traffic is visible to labs pc The internet access is managed by teacher with a GUI application The multi LAN configuration requires short wiring The office PCs are NOT accessible by the labs PC

6 MIUR ITI Majorana Intranet Net-ControlWinroute

7 MIUR Net Control Software Easy graphic interface to manage routing/firewall features integrated in all linux distribution (IPChains/IPTable) Interface and use are optimized for scholastic use At the system start-up all pc are not connected to the internet The teacher can activate/deactivate single workstation internet access Only inter-network traffic are filtered (no LAN filter) No proxy required (but supported) No extra configuration required for the client The Net control server must be a simple teacher PC or a labs server with two networks card –One network card connected to a Local Area Network –Other network Card connected to a School Intranet Network System Requirements for server: –PC with Linux distribution –Two network Card No requirements for client! All PC, all browser and all OS are supported

8 MIUR Net Control ScreenShot Green Enabled Red Disabled

9 MIUR NET Control Project The Net Control are developed in collaboration to a DSchola Network The Majorana School has been selected as one of the Service, Managing and Experimental Centers The project was initially promoted by the CRT foundation ( Bank Cassa di Risparmio di Torino ) jointly with the regional school authority Now the project is run under the Regional Government and is open to wider cooperation The main goal is to foster the adoption of ICT technologies in all the schools within the Piemonte region taking advantage of the existing networks of excellence Net control are distributed under the GPL license For download installation package an for more info go to: – – –

10 MIUR Contacts ITI Majorana – Grugliasco Prof. Rocco De Carlo (Developer) Prof. Dario Zucchini (Ref. ICT/ENIS) opensource.dschola.it