The design phase for Steidle and Coal Utilization Buildings is nearing completion. Installation of Cat-5 cabling should begin in these buildings in late 2001. These files contain the Internet address for your machine and the Internet addresses of the gateway to the campus backbone and nameservers that support your machine. An incorrect entry can cause your machine to stop working on the network or cause serious problems for other machines on the network if you happen to enter the Internet address of another machine in place of your Internet address. The College network continues to expand as new hosts and functions are added at a steady pace.
Management also becomes more challenging with expansion.
A network controller board is replaced in a host. A host is removed from the network. Problems occur with network connections or speed.