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 are now ready to proceed with the upgrade. The plan Read more…
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 the ‘Google Plan Store’ before continuing. On the device you Read more…
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 combined. The SOMERVILLE network does not limit bandwidth per device Read more…
The University and College wireless network use a connection protocol called 802.1x which uses special security principals which are not supported on a number of home (consumer) devices. University’s that use eduroam (and most of them do) are using 802.1x. With that in mind, we have tried to compile a Read more…
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 combined. The SOMERVILLE network does not limit bandwidth per device Read more…
The survey was completed and the college received the separate reports, one for each building, going on some 380 pages. We are still awaiting an updated summary document but the list of recommendations is quite small and we hope to have them all implemented before the Christmas closure (20th December). Read more…
There will be two engineers on-site each day, so buildings will be done in parallel. Tuesday 14th Engineer 1 Maitland Darbishire Margery Fry House Engineer 2 Wolfson Penrose Wednesday 15th Engineer 1 Park Library House Hostle Engineer 2 Vaughan Margery Fry House DHQ Barbara Craig House Radcliffe
Almost there… As of 4pm today we have 290 wireless access points online serving the College. We are currently snagging the remaining issues which affect around 8 access points we still need to bring online. Please give the wireless network a good test and if you could provide feedback to Read more…
Work this week Penrose & Wolfson including FAH & BWR Darbishire Quad, Lodge House & NCR Park – Tuesday 31st October Final configuration day – TBC Other buildings To see the current status of all College buildings please refer this schedule: http://blogs.some.ox.ac.uk/ict/2017/10/03/wireless-upgrade-2017-schedule-michaelmas-term/ Red = behind schedule, some issues with connectivity Read more…
Completed so far this week For the following buildings all rooms should be working, so give it a good test and let us know via ict.desk@some.ox.ac.uk if you have any issues: 119a / Nursery Hostel / Bursary Dining Hall including PDR/SCR/Reading Room/Staff Room/Offices Vaughan Holtby Ongoing work Penrose & Wolfson Read more…