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eduroam

Update July 22nd – Network DOWNTIME

While the main switch replacements have been completed, there has been a short delay in replacing the new battery backup devices (UPS). This last bit of work will result in very short periods of downtime per building/cabinet as the engineers Read more…

By Chris Bamber, 5 years ago
eduroam

Network DOWNTIME!

Planned Network Maintenance – Planned wired network upgrade, July 13th 10am to 4pm Monday 13th July, work on the core and network upgrade starts again, the first issue we need our engineers to look at is the issues we had Read more…

By Chris Bamber, 5 years ago
network

Friday afternoon update – network maintenance

Further work posponed until at least 12th Week (13th July onwards) Dear all, Firstly I would like to apologies to all for the network going up and down most of the morning. Following some unexpected issues discovered during this morning’s Read more…

By Chris Bamber, 5 years ago
eduroam

Thursday evening update – network maintenance

Planned wired network upgrade, June 8th through to June 12th 16th Dear all, Work is progressing across college, but some works will now be completed next week, this version of the plan shows where we have got to and where Read more…

By Chris Bamber, 5 years ago
eduroam

Wedesday PM update – network maintenance

Planned wired network upgrade, June 8th through to June 12th Work is progressing across college, but to prioritise students living in the engineers have fallen behind slightly, this version of the plan shows where we have got to and where Read more…

By Chris Bamber, 5 years ago
eduroam

Planned Network Maintenance

Planned wired network upgrade, June 8th through to June 12th Dear all, Just before the lock down we had placed an order to replace our physical wired network infrastructure. That work for obvious reasons the project got postponed, however we Read more…

By Chris Bamber, 5 years ago
help

ICT Helpdesk drop-in hours – Temporary Closure

The IT Helpdesk located in Maitland 1A is temporarily closed until further notice. You can still email the ICT Desk (ict.desk@some.ox.ac.uk) or call us on 01865 2 70597 and we can help you to the best of our abilities.

By Abdur Razzak, 5 years ago
andriod

eduroam – quick guide

First connect to the Internet by signing into The Cloud or using your own mobile data, then go to https://register.it.ox.ac.uk/ to register for a Remote Access Account. PLEASE NOTE: If you have an Android device install the eduroamCAT tool from Read more…

By Chris Bamber, 6 years ago
nexus365

Removing old or problematic versions of Microsoft Office

Here are some tools that can help you remove an old version of Microsoft Office if you are having issues trying to install the new Office 365 Licence Removal Tool (LRT) http://aka.ms/LRT Office cleanup tool (OffScrub) https://support.office.com/en-gb/article/uninstall-office-from-a-pc-9dd49b83-264a-477a-8fcc-2fdf5dbf61d8 Access work or Read more…

By Chris Bamber, 6 years ago
wi-fi

Networks @ Somerville 2019-20

A quick introduction/reminder of what each network at Somerville College is capable of for the start of term. This might get rather technical so a quick summary: The SOMERVILLE wireless network has more bandwidth available than EDUROAM or The Cloud Read more…

By Chris Bamber, 6 years ago

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