Services & Fees

Annual user service fee funds the following:

Network Access

  • Access to campus information servers
  • Access to Administrative servers
  • Access to Library computer
  • Access to Internet
  • Electronic mail

Central Networking Equipment in Wing

  • Core switches with gigabit fiber connections to all buildings
  • Routers
  • Firewalls
  • Wireless controllers
  • VPN Concentrator
  • Load balancers
  • Network Access Control servers and software
  • Uninterruptible power supplies
  • Rack and electrical wiring
  • Cable

Building Equipment

  • Building switches
  • Wireless access points
  • Racks and electrical wiring
  • Cables
  • Replacement of Wing equipment listed above
  • Initial cross connects and cabling
  • Cross connects and cabling moves and changes

Network Management

  • Assign IP numbers
  • Assign network numbers for LANs
  • Assign server names
  • Evaluate, configure, and make available networking software
  • Second level telephone assistance for network problems
  • Initial connection, jack testing, and computer to wall jack cable
  • Maintain database on network connections for billing
  • Student help for configuring & installing equipment, making connections, etc.
  • Establish and monitor security
  • Network design and evaluation
  • Track down problematic networked machines

Network Repair/Maintenance

  • Service contracts on backbone equipment
  • Service contracts on network software
  • Purchase of spare equipment
  • Replacement or technical enhancements to network equipment
  • Repair or upgrades to campus network servers
  • Replacement of campus network servers
  • Repair and replacement of Facilities Management System hardware and software

Network Monitoring

  • Identify outages
  • Traffic levels
  • Latency
  • Diagnose problems
  • Traffic shaping
  • Intrusion detection/prevention
  • Block malicious sites
  • Maintenance contract on network monitoring software
  • Network analyzers
  • Servers for running network monitoring software

Consulting

  • On choice of networking and computing equipment
  • On choice of networking software
  • On departmental network design
  • On costs and procedure to join the campus network
  • On installation of and technical problems with networking software