July 2, 2008
Name Change for UMBC's Wireless Network
The Division of Information Technology is upgrading UMBC's wireless infrastructure to better improve performance for the campus community. Beginning on July 8, 2008 we will begin migrating buildings that contain OIT managed wireless access points. Each building will take approximately 15 minutes to migrate.
IMPORTANT: New Wireless Network Names
- 'UMBC Campus' Replaces the old 'Tsunami' network
- 'UMBC Visitor' New Network for Visitors and Wireless Devices (e.g. iPhones)
One important change to note is there will be two new wireless network names (i.e. SSID). The first one is called ‘UMBC Campus’ which will be replacing the old ‘Tsunami’ name. The majority of our campus wireless users will use the new ‘UMBC Campus’ wireless network. This network will require a myUMBC Account.
The second wireless network is named ‘UMBC Visitor’. This network does not require a myUMBC Account. This new wireless network should be used by customers that have wireless devices (e.g. iPhone, iPod Touch etc.) which don’t typically work well with the UMBC wireless authentication page.
The ‘UMBC Visitor’ network will not allow access to campus resources such as Active Directory. We recommend that customers use the ‘UMBC Campus’ network, which requires a login, to access these type of resources.
Access to the old ‘Tsunami’ network will be removed from service on Monday, July 14, 2008. At that time all wireless users should be using the new ‘UMBC Campus’ or ‘UMBC Visitor’ wireless networks.
Help in configuring your wireless can be found on the wireless support site..
Migration Time Line
Tuesday July 8th:
Engineering Building as the initial test
Wednesday July 9th:
ITE
Physics
Library
Sondheim
University Center
The RAC
Chemistry
Central Plant
Alumni House
Thursday July 10th:
ACIV
Administration
AcServ
Fine Arts
Math/Phy
PPlant
Stadium
Friday July 11th:
Biology
PPolicy
SouthCampus
TRC
Multitenant
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June 26, 2008
New Media Studio Wins 2008 Center of Excellence Award
UMBC's New Media Studio (NMS) has won a prestigious Centers of Excellence Award, presented annually by the New Media Consortium (NMC) during its summer conference.
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June 20, 2008
End of UMBC Modem Services June 2009
UMBC was an early pioneer in offering modem service for Internet connectivity and we are currently among the last universities in Maryland still offering this. Next year, June 30, 2009 will mark the end of UMBC’s dial-up modem service for the campus community. After June 30, 2009 UMBC will no longer provide any dial-up Internet modem service for UMBC faculty, staff or students.
UMBC has offered this free service for more than 15 years. Over that time we have seen modem use decrease dramatically, especially as faster alternate methods such as Cable modems and DSL became commonly available. Unfortunately, as time has passed our modem infrastructure has also aged making them more expensive to maintain. We are now at a point where we would need to make substantial new investments to maintain modem service.
There a number of extremely cost effective alternatives, including a number that support high-speed access. We have listed a number of these options below.
NOTE: These options are only recommendations and are in no way affiliated or supported by the University. It is up to individuals to assess their needs and work with the vendor they feel is appropriate for their situation.
Modems:
www.netzero.net
DSL:
www.verizon.com/dsl
Broadband:www.comcast.com/highspeedoffer
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May 20, 2008
OIT Publishes SP2008 Most Active Blackboard Courses
OIT has again published UMBC's "Most Active Blackboard" courses reports for the Spring 2008 semester, based on an "average hits per user" approach. For the second straight semester, one department (Information Systems) and one class (PSYC 100 "Introduction to Psychology) have taken the top spot for most active discipline and undergraduate course, respectively. For more information, visit www.umbc.edu/blackboard/reports.
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May 5, 2008
Matlab 2008a is now available.
Matlab 2008a has been made available on OIT's GL and Research Systems (both Linux and Solaris). The license has also been renewed and updated for another year.
The default 'matlab' is still 2007a on these systems until the end of the semester, but you can use 2007b or 2008a directly as follows:
2007b can be run directly out of AFS via - /afs/umbc.edu/software/matlab/r2007b/bin/matlab
2008a can be run directly out of AFS via -
/afs/umbc.edu/software/matlab/r2008a/bin/matlab
The Windows version of 2007b is installed in OIT supported labs and the software is available via MyUMBC. The Windows version of 2008a will be available in the labs after this semester wraps up. It should be available via MyUMBC in the next week or so.
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