Selected For High-speed Connectivity Throughout Campus. 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 originally installing the network in the early 90's, demands on the network have increased dramatically as more and more professors have opted to use the network for course-related applications. The use of the network for Internet access, multimedia applications and e-mail was growing increasingly heavier.
Students can visit a professor's web site to download notes and other materials for the class.
Assignments can even be submitted online. Khalid said it became obvious 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. We knew the time was right to do something.