Approximately 4,000 students attend the University of Indianapolis, a private college located in the city's suburbs. Approximately 4,000 students attend the University of Indianapolis, a private college located in the city's suburbs. Before this school year, the university's network delivered connectivity to their many administrative buildings and one of four on-campus dormitories. Since its original installation in the early 90's, demands on the network have increased dramatically as more and more professors have opted to use it for course-related applications. The use of Internet, multimedia applications and e-mail had been growing heavier.
Students can visit a professor's Web site to download notes and other materials for the class.
Assignments can even be submitted online. It became obvious that the school was rapidly outgrowing its available bandwidth. The university's former network configuration connected the campus's buildings at 100 Mbps and branched out to its many hubs with 10 Mbps connections. In early 1999, the decision was made to deliver more bandwidth and many more network nodes. The demand for nodes was also growing rapidly among students and administrators, a new Health Sciences building was being built, and our Science hall was being renovated.