Today, new system software allows almost every Mac to become a fileserver, so the network now supports many 'user' file servers. The network continues to grow and has been expanded to cover all administrative and academic buildings and dormitories. The network is used to provide data communications to large groups of people. AngelNet consists of over 20 AppleTalk zones which are connected to a central Ethernet. Each AppleTalk zone connects machines in a building or local area to their printers and each zone is connected to the Ethernet via a FastPath gateway.
Information becomes powerful when it is shared.
The interconnection of computers across campus provides an easy and fast way of transferring information from one office to another, sharing access to a single copy of jointly used and maintained data, sharing resources such as printers among a group, and accessing remote resources via a network modem. A copy of a current network map included in appendix B shows all buildings that are currently connected. The AngelNet FileServer is a Macintosh Work Group Server 95 with 32 MB of memory. AdmOffices A volume for registered uses only. A volume used for transfer of files to other departments.