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UPEI expands wireless internet service
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Wireless internet access is now available in all academic buildings on the University of Prince Edward Island’s campus.
To extend wireless access across UPEI, Computer Services increased the number of wireless access points on campus from 25 to 100. Prior to this expansion, which was completed in early November, wireless access was available only in select areas on campus, such as the Robertson Library, W.A. Murphy Student Centre and the Kelley Building Student Lounge.
“This gives students, faculty and staff greater flexibility in their ability to use the technology available at UPEI to conduct research, teach and do their work,” says Blair Vessey, Operations Manager at UPEI Computer Services. “They are no longer restricted to having to work in particular places on campus.”
As well, UPEI now has multiple wireless network services available through the new equipment, aimed to make it easier to connect a wide variety of devices. New services will allow people such as visiting scholars to access the campus’s wireless system using a guest username and password, without having to install software or configure security settings on their computer.
Computer Services will monitor the wireless system and expand it where necessary, based on feedback from users. While coverage was planned to include as many areas as possible, there may be locations where signal strength will need to be increased to handle the demand as more people begin to use the network. More access points will be added in these areas.
Over time, Computer Services plans to increase the number of campus services available through the wireless system, such as printing and file sharing. They are also working with the residences to incorporate wireless internet in all three residence buildings by the fall of 2009.
Computer Services worked with Cisco Systems Inc, a leading supplier of networking equipment and network management for the Internet, to expand the wireless network at UPEI.
To extend wireless access across UPEI, Computer Services increased the number of wireless access points on campus from 25 to 100. Prior to this expansion, which was completed in early November, wireless access was available only in select areas on campus, such as the Robertson Library, W.A. Murphy Student Centre and the Kelley Building Student Lounge.
“This gives students, faculty and staff greater flexibility in their ability to use the technology available at UPEI to conduct research, teach and do their work,” says Blair Vessey, Operations Manager at UPEI Computer Services. “They are no longer restricted to having to work in particular places on campus.”
As well, UPEI now has multiple wireless network services available through the new equipment, aimed to make it easier to connect a wide variety of devices. New services will allow people such as visiting scholars to access the campus’s wireless system using a guest username and password, without having to install software or configure security settings on their computer.
Computer Services will monitor the wireless system and expand it where necessary, based on feedback from users. While coverage was planned to include as many areas as possible, there may be locations where signal strength will need to be increased to handle the demand as more people begin to use the network. More access points will be added in these areas.
Over time, Computer Services plans to increase the number of campus services available through the wireless system, such as printing and file sharing. They are also working with the residences to incorporate wireless internet in all three residence buildings by the fall of 2009.
Computer Services worked with Cisco Systems Inc, a leading supplier of networking equipment and network management for the Internet, to expand the wireless network at UPEI.
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