March 10th, 2003 by Dana Roode
If you have a web-enabled wireless device, you can access some of NACS’s services while mobile.
Many devices such as cell phones and PDAs (e.g. Palm Pilot or PocketPC) advertise a “wireless web” feature. Such devices contain a web browser that understands web content which is written in WML (Wireless Markup Language). As these devices typically have much slower data speeds and less memory than a standard PC, WML content is tuned to their small screens and limited data speeds.
With NACS’s WML home page, you can search for someone’s phone number in UCI’s phone directory, read email with Webmail or check your CorporateTime calendar, all from your cell phone. (“Wireless web” features often come with a supplemental service fee. Contact your service provider for information on fees and access coverage.)
To take advantage of these NACS services, point your web-enabled device to: http://www.nacs.uci.edu/wml/
March 10th, 2003 by Dana Roode
Edge Upgrades
The College of Medicine network “edge” upgrade continues. This is a major project, replacing cabling and network equipment which involves about 3,500 connections within eighteen buildings. We plan to finish the Medical Sciences Stacks “A” through”F” buildings and to make significant progress in Joan Irvine Smith Hall this fiscal year (i.e, FY 2002/03).
Edge upgrades — changes inside buildings replacing old cabling from Category 5E and from 10 million bits/sec (Mbps) shared Ethernet to 10 Mbps or 100 Mbps switched Ethernet — have been completed in about half of campus buildings to date. This includes many of the older, more challenging buildings in terms of staff effort.
We are also working to upgrade the existing network equipment in the Claire Trevor School of the Arts from 10 Mbps shared Ethernet to 10/100 Mbps switched Ethernet. This project should also be completed this fiscal year.
New Buildings
Network cabling and equipment have been installed in Hewitt Hall in the College of Medicine in preparation for an early 2003 move in. Network planning continues for other buildings including: Croul Hall (Earth System Sciences), Natural Sciences 2 (Physical Sciences and Biological Sciences), and the Cal-(IT)2 building.