Network connections are available in public areas, including all classrooms and all desktops in both residence halls and administrative offices. Each building is equipped with at least one hub. These concentrators provide port connections for the UTP cable coming from each network node. The buildings that are being serviced by the newer hubs have 100 MB between buildings and 10 MB switched to the desktop.

The network-cabling infrastructure has its logical center in IT Services. It supports multiple segments at 100 MB. All buildings, both administrative and residential, are connected to the network through the switch, which features software based virtual LAN segments and switched ethernet up to 100 MB

A Cisco router currently resides in Rich Hall as the conduit for traffic between Lycoming College and the Internet. We have two dedicated T1 communications lines to the Internet. Our provider is AT&T WorldNet service.

A Packeteer PacketShaper is being used to manage all internet traffic and bandwith. It allows us to analyze, monitor, and control all activity in order to ensure critical applications are moving at an acceptable rate. It is a PacketShaper 2500 running software version 5.1.1.

Firewall services provide protection for our internal network against the outside world. It will keep intruders out while still permitting services such as e-mail, telnet, and World Wide Web use. Network translation services create the ability to expand and reconfigure TCP/IP networks without worrying about a shortage of IP addresses.

SMNPc 5 software is currently being used to monitor the campus infrastructure. It allows us to monitor, at a glance, the status of any network segment.