| Gerry Oliver, Assistant
Director Dave Pifer, Network Engineer
Jacob Lackey, Network Engineer
This small group of staff and students works
with telecommunications services and video engineering
services to develop and implement all campus network
configurations. Network research, equipment specifications,
and upgrade proposal are developed based on projections of
user needs.
The campus network equipment includes 2 large Cisco
router/switches and more than 50 smaller switches connecting
more than 40 virtual subnets. Traffic rides on miles of
fiber between buildings and copper within buildings.
Interserver connectivity is 100mbps per connection. The
campus data network is extended to Family Housing units and
Union Hospital through a metro-lan currently rated at
10mbps.
ATM technology is used for video networking to support
distance education classrooms and satellite feed
distribution. IP-based video traffic is carried by the data
network. |