Last week the IT Department, with help from Maintenance and Operations, completed work on a new network for the Sonoma Charter School. We became involved when some of Charter's Token Ring network equipment failed . We took emergency measures to ensure connectivity (an outdoor Ethernet cable from the POP to a switch in the office and a wireless mesh) and assessed their situation. Spending time and money on the 10MB Token Ring technology didn't seem justifiable so we opted to create a new 10/100 Ethernet network from the ground up. For two weeks Ken and Andreas from Maintenance pulled and terminated new CAT5e throughout the campus. When they were done, we installed and configured 4 HP Procurve switches and an Ubuntu Server for DHCP.
The new network was well received at Charter. Office staff have commented on how much quicker webpages are loading. Teachers have expressed to us their excitement about having a network that is consistent and ports that are conveniently located. Ultimately, I feel like we accomplished what we set out to do: Implement a functioning, consistent, modern, manageable, and upgradable Ethernet based network infrastructure.
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