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Part A Background Information
* 1. School Finance Type:
Aided Government Private DSS Others
 
 

* 2. School Curriculum Type:
Grammar Prevocational Technical Special Others
 
 

* 3. District of School:
Hong Kong Kowloon New Territories
 
 

* 4. Number of Students:
below 500 500-800 801-1100 1101-1400 over 1400
 
 

* 5. Number of Staff (including non-teaching staff):
below 20 21-40 41-60 61-80 over 80
 
 

* 6. Year of Establishment:
before 1980 1980-1989 1990-1994 1995-1999 after 1999
 
 

Part B Network Infrastructure
* 7. How many computers does your school have?
below 50 51-100 101-150 151-200 over 200
 
 

* 8. Does your school have the following type of computer room? (More than one can be chosen)
 
Computer room for teaching computer related subject
 
Multi-media Learning Centre (MMLC)
 
IT Learning Centre (ITLC) OR Computer Laboratory (CL)
 
Other types of centralised computer area

 
 

* 9. Which of the following type of servers does your school have? (More than one can be chosen)
 
File server
 
Application server
 
Print server
 
Web server
 
Proxy server
 
Email server
 
Backup server
 
Other, please describe
 

 
 

* 10. Which parts of your school are connected by the Local Area Network? (More than one can be chosen)
 
The Entire School
 
Computer rooms
 
General Office
 
Staff rooms
 
Library
 
Some classrooms
 
All classrooms
 
School hall
 
Canteen
 
Other, please describe
 

 
 

* 11. Does your school employ wireless technology?
Yes No
 
 

* 12. Which part(s) of your school is/ are covered by wireless technology? (More than one can be chosen)
 
The Entire School
 
Computer rooms
 
General Office
 
Staff rooms
 
Library
 
Some classrooms
 
All classrooms
 
School hall
 
Canteen
 
Other, please describe
 

 
 

* 13. Which technology is used for the backbone of the LAN in your school?
 
Ethernet
 
Fast Ethernet
 
Gigabit Ethernet
 
10Gbps Ethernet
 
Token Ring
 
FDDI
 
ATM
 
Other, please describe
 
 
 

* 14. Which technology is used for the rest of the LAN in your school? (More than one can be chosen)
 
Ethernet
 
Fast Ethernet
 
Gigabit Ethernet
 
10Gbps Ethernet
 
Token Ring
 
FDDI
 
ATM
 
Other, please describe
 

 
 

* 15. What percentages of computers in your school have Internet access?
0-20% 21-40% 41-60% 61-80% 81-100%
 
 

* 16. How are your school's computers connected to the Internet? (More than one can be chosen)
 
Modem dialup
 
ISDN
 
DSL
 
T1 bandwidth line
 
T3 bandwidth line
 
Other, please describe
 

 
 

* 17. What percentages of computers in your school will be considered as obsolete in 1-2 years?
0-20% 21-40% 41-60% 61-80% 81-100%
 
 

* 18. What is the average number of network downtime per month?
Less than 1 1 2 3 above 4
 
 

* 19. Does your school have any backup strategy in case the main server fails?
Yes No Do not know
 
 

* 20. Does your school have any alternative gateway for Internet access in case the existing network connection router fails?
Yes No Do not know
 
 

* 21. Does your school have an uninterruptible power supply (UPS) in case of power interruption?
Yes No Do not know
 
 

* 22. Does your school require passwords or logins for teachers and student to access its databases while at home?
Yes No No such service
 
 

* 23. Have any of your school data been illegally accessed or altered?
Yes No Do not know
 
 

* 24. Does your school have a defined data security policy?
Yes No Do not know
 
 

* 25. Does your school network implement any security measures? (More than one can be chosen)
 
Virus detection function
 
Intrusion detection system (IDS)
 
Demilitarized zone (DMZ) design
 
Other, please describe
 

 
 

Part C Others
* 26. What do you consider as viable to improve your school LAN performance? (More than one can be chosen)
 
Improve the LAN technology
 
Upgrade the network equipments, e.g. hub, switches, router
 
Enhance Internet connection
 
Prevent too many users from using the network and accessing internet at the same time
 
Other, please describe
 

 
 

* 27. Do you consider the thin client approach (i.e. a server-centric approach with a majority of applications performed by the servers) viable to deal with the obsolete computers in your school?
Yes No Do not know
 
 

* 28. Will your school consider employing Virtual Private Network (VPN) approach for remote access school network or database?
 
Yes, but only for teachers and school administrative staffs
 
Yes, including teachers, students and school administrative staffs
 
No
 
 

* 29. Please prioritize the importance of each of the following factors when considering employing VPN. (Please rank each factor with a ¡§1¡¨ for most important, ¡§2¡¨ for second most important, ¡§3¡¨ for third most important and so on.)
Cost
Security
Performance
Ease of use
 
 

* 30. Please prioritize the seriousness of each of the following problem(s) experienced in network implementation? (Please rank each factor with a ¡§1¡¨ for most serious, ¡§2¡¨ for second most serious, ¡§3¡¨ for third most serious and so on.)
Insufficient fund
Insufficient knowledge
Frequent change of technology
Organisation inertia
 
 

* 31. Please prioritize the importance of each of the following factors in network implementation. (Please rank each factor with a ¡§1¡¨ for most important, ¡§2¡¨ for second most important, ¡§3¡¨ for third most important and so on.)
Security
Performance
Maintainability
Availability
Expandability
Compatibility
 
 
 
32. Do you have any additional comment regarding school network?
   
 
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