For more information, send me e-mail. A few faculty and staff are still using the ISN network on campus for their data communications, rather than the Ethernet network. The UCB campus ISN network will be discontinued on June 30, 1999ISN Sunset. On the ISN Sunset date, data communications service for those still using the ISN will be disabled and disconnected. To arrange to convert to Ethernet, please see your departmental telephone liaison.
Ethernet is available now in most of the buildings on campus with faculty or staff offices.
Most computers in use on campus today have the internal resources to support Ethernet with the addition of an Ethernet interface card. The ISN network became available in 1986 along with the new telephone system. At the time, it was a great step forward in enabling connections to the host computers located in the Computing Center on East Campus. Now, however, the ISN network has lost its sparkle in comparison with the speed and options offered through the Ethernet networks currently in use by almost every office and laboratory on campus.