POSTPONED: ReConfigure Internet Connection for Increased Capacity

Internet

POSTPONED: The following procedure, originally scheduled for 12/16/03, will be postponed until January due to unavailability of services from our Internet supplier until then.

J.Rutt — 12/12/03
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The EMU Internet connection will be switched from the current configuration of two DS1 lines that provide 3 megabits per second (mbps) capacity to a single ethernet connection of 4mbps. This new connection provides higher capacity (can be increased up to 10mbps) for a lower cost per megabit.

This change has been prompted by the project to implement Video TeleConferencing (VTC) which is being made possible by the LEAP Lilly grant for the seminary.

Network administrators will be working with consultants from STG of Winchester to make this conversion. It is estimated that about 1 hour of actual down-time will be required.

During the outage all access to the Internet will be disrupted. The email servers will remain operational but all incoming and outgoing mail will be held in various queues.

Persons outside EMU will NOT be able to get to the EMU web servers (EMU Home page, Blackboard, WebMail, WebCalendar).

ST rebooted

File Server

The Novell server “ST” was rebooted this morning due to a stuck process. This process caused the CPU to constantly stay at around 30%utilization.

The backup had hung because of this problem.

In trying to figure out what/why I noticed that a users connection could not be disconnected.

So are we chasing a server or client problem?