‘Networking’ Category
Explanation for last nights internet outage
Last night our ISP ( Hickorytech ) needed to relocate the fiber that our internet connection travels on due to road construction. We were notified last week that there would be a “loss of service for up to one hour during the window” with the window being from 12:00am until 6:00am, October 13th. [...]
Single Sign On (SSO) for Google Calendar and Moodle
As of this morning, if you log in to Google Calendar you will also be logged into Moodle and vice versa. This should allow for easy integration between Google Apps and Moodle Courses. For example, the Google Calendar events we populate for student’s schedules can have a link to the Moodle course in them, and if [...]
Wireless Internet demand in unexpected places met
We have a goal of covering every building on campus with wireless network access. We aren’t quite there yet and we occasionally get requests for wireless access points to cover parts of campus that we haven’t covered yet. Sometimes those requests are for places we never would have thought of as “places someone would want wireless.” For [...]
Blocking External DNS Servers
To combat recent infections, we are now forcing all computers on campus to only use our DNS server.
Wireless Improvements to Come
We have discovered that during peek usage times, our wireless network is too big. We just have too many users on one network. We split out the wireless in the library into its own network named “GACLibrary” and it seems to have made a huge difference. In addition, our current system of dealing with guests seems [...]
Gustavus, now with 50% more bandwidth
Earlier this afternoon we upgraded the internet connection for the campus from our previous 100Mbit/s to the new 150Mbit/s.
Time-lapse of Ice Rink Replacement
Ice Rink Time-lapse This is a time-lapse video of the Don Roberts ice rink going from the final stages of the 2008 Nobel Conference to the newly repaired ice rink. Earlier this year the cooling system failed and had to be replaced. In this video you can see the removal of the old [...]
Internet Connection Down ( Wed. Night ) [ update ]
The internet connection for the campus is currently down ( 7:00pm Wednesday Nov, 12). It appears to be a problem with our upstream provider. We are working with them now to try and fix whatever is causing the problem. I will try to report back here when I learn more. [UPDATE Thursday Morning] [...]
Internet outage this afternoon
For about 20 minutes this afternoon starting sometime after 1:00pm most of the internet was inaccessible. As far as I can tell the problem was not with us or our internet connection but was most likely somewhere a little bit farther up stream. My traceroutes were showing lots of issues past our ISP but possibly [...]
Wireless added to Fine Arts Music
A new wireless access point was added in the basement of the music building to help give coverage to the areas near the Bjorling concert hall. My initial test show that this one access point covers the hallway from the south end of the Bjorling concert hall all the way to the middle of the [...]