All works on comms cabinet in all buildings is now complete. All wireless AP’s have been replaced, and we are almost there. There are a handful of snagging issues the engineers will be working on next week along with a clean up and removal of the old equipment. For now, Read more
From 17th March – 18th April 2025, we will be carrying out a network replacement project that will massively upgrade our network quality and capacity. We are writing to you today to let you know more information about this project and how it will affect you. Why is it necessary? Read more
This is just a reminder that we have a scheduled Network Maintenance for every building which has a Switch cupboard which affects all Wi-Fi and Wired connections within the building. The work begins on the 8th January and completing on January 10th 2025. The network will be down in each Read more
Testing a New Wireless Network Service The internet has changed over the years. We now have a multitude of devices which are incompatible with the more secure enterprise wireless infrastructure offered by EDUROAM and SOMERVILLE/SOMERVILE-STG (see https://blogs.some.ox.ac.uk/ict/internet-access-at-somerville-college/unsupported-devices/). There certainly is no move from manufacturers to provide enterprise level support for Read more
Update on the College network infrastructure, and it’s readiness for hybrid teaching this term Dear all, I thought I should update everyone on what we have been doing over the summer to prepare for this term in relation to the College network, and the longer view of college network requirements. Read more
The last few buildings are having the UPS fitted this week, we will have one data cabinet which requires extra work to complete which will be scheduled as soon as possible. As ever please get in touch if you need to discuss any issues, 01865 270597, ict.desk@some.ox.ac.uk.
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 move round. The current plan is as follows: As ever Read more
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 with the network CORE. So on Monday 13th July from Read more
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 we have moved work highlighted with a red background. We Read more
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 we have moved work highlighted with a red background. We Read more