The latest news from the Office of Information Technology
NACS’s service request form (SRF) is now available on line. It is intended as a replacement for the current paper-based form. To use the new form, please visit:
http://www.nacs.uci.edu/service-request
Use the form to request new service or modify any of the telecommunication or network services offered by NACS. These services include, but are not limited to, telephone, [...]
One of the ways NACS works behind the scenes to improve the quality of the technology infrastructure at UCI is to foster intercampus communication and cooperation.
NACS’s Todd Strand conceived of the idea of bringing together the Cable Infrastructure Engineers from all of the UC campuses (including UC Merced). He started these discussions via email and [...]
Many faculty and staff have a need to access UCInet and other network resources from off campus, in particular, scholarly resources licensed by the UCI Libraries and available only to systems which are part of UCInet.
NACS has developed and supports three different ways of connecting to UCInet from off campus:
the lifeline modem pool
the proxy server
the [...]
NACS Network Engineering plans, implements, maintains, and supports the UCI campus voice and data network infrastructure.
This includes the fiber optic data backbone, copper telephone cable, Ericsson telephone system, building routers, and repeaters/hubs.
They also maintain UCI’s off-campus network connection to the Internet, and UCI’s off-campus phone connection via SBC (formerly Pacific Bell) and long distance service [...]
Wireless networking continues to be a popular means of accessing UCInet around campus. NACS staff are working hard to install wireless access points, as requested by schools, in the classrooms and common areas where they are most needed. This newsletter will periodically report on new locations as they are built.
Here is a list of some [...]
North Campus has been connected to UCInet via a new 100 megabit/second (Mbps) laser link connection. The TereScope 3000, from Optical Access, provides a full-duplex connection at more than sixty-five times the bandwidth of the previous 1.5 Mbps microwave connection. In addition to the higher bandwidth laser link, a backup 11 Mbps network connection has [...]