WINS Monthly Meeting www2.widener.edu/wins 10/12/2007 www2.widener.edu/wins

Agenda Introductions May Meeting Feedback Summer Accomplishments Your Summer Challenges Bluecoat Upgrade DCIU – WINS Connectivity Bandwidth Snapshot Question & Answers

Introductions Name Title Location

May Meeting Feedback “What we heard” - A primary concern is supporting the supply and demand of Internet bandwidth… Communications… Most want access to Internet statistics reflecting bandwidth and performance data. To test remote web sites from Widener and compare to local district support…. DNS (Domain Name System) administrative issues were expressed … Video Conferencing… Extending the reach and support of the WINS network to provide Internet access where community facilities …

May Meeting Feedback (cont) “What we have done” – On Aug 1st, an increase was completed to expand the Yipes ISP Internet access from 90 Mb to 150 Mb…. In the first week of June, cell phone numbers and suppliers of district staff were gathered by WINS staff to create a text message distribution list…. The WINS web site, www2.widener.edu/wins, has been updated…. In June, the DCIU and Tandberg worked with WINS staff to install the new system to support Video Conferencing.…

May Meeting Feedback (cont) “What we are working on” - In July, DNS records were reviewed and districts identified where the DCIU is registered as the Primary and Widener as the Secondary. During the month of August, WINS staff will begin coordinating the necessary registration changes with each district. Testing will be conducted before and after any changes are made. No service interruptions are expected.

Summer Accomplishments Nortel 8600 software upgrades done Upgraded Bluecoat Cache Servers Replaced Smart Filter with Bluecoat Web Filter

Your Summer Challenges Please share major changes? Lessons learned?

Bluecoat Upgrade Blocked Messages New Categories

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DCIU – WINS Connectivity

Bandwidth Snapshot Worst Date Oct 5th WINS Total 1000 Mb Peak ~ 130 Mb

Bandwidth Snapshot Yipes 150 Mb Peak ~ 130 Mb SNIP 40 Mb Peak ~ 31 Mb Internet2 20 Mb Peak ~ 10 Mb Worst Date - Oct 5th

Questions & Answers Next Meeting Nov 2nd, 2007!