relating to the conferencing system
Upon returning from vacation, I found that lots happened in the world of IT. here’s what I’m covering in this installment of the IT News & Updates: First, there’s news on Zoom training and replacement of the old Polycom software. Next, is a solution to the international visitor internet connectivity problem. I end this with […]
There are only a couple of things for this week’s IT Blog. The first item involves an email several of you received from the WSU Information Technologies Services about the Okta Project (new WSU security authentication process). I’ve dedicated a full post to this. You can read it here: http://tfrec.cahnrs.wsu.edu/admin/it-news-updates-okta/. The second item is in […]
This is the last IT News & Updates blast of the year. I want to update you on the status of our internet connections, the server room clean-up/remodel, and the old TFREC server termination. INTERNET AND CONNECTIVITY They’ve completed the planned internet reconfigurations. There are a few lingering issues affecting some individuals. Most of these […]
Not a lot has happened this week except for the items noted below. Center IT News Large Conf. Room Polycom – Everything appears to be working correctly now. We still don’t have the podium completely set up yet. Hopefully, Nick can do that when he’s here for the phone trip. Fall Classes – students will need […]
News Good news: Nick Pappin and Michael Stoddard are scheduled to come out here the week of July 9th to work on various IT projects. These projects should include: Getting the network reconfiguration closer to being fully integrated with the larger WSU Network (might be able to complete). Note: there will be some network disruptions. […]
Since I won’t be at tomorrow’s the monthly faculty meeting, I thought I’d dedicate my IT Blog to the related agenda items. Internet connection upgrade: As mentioned in the past, we began upgrading our system back in December when Nick Pappin, CAHNRS IT, came and installed new equipment designed to handle all of incoming and outgoing […]
After last week, this week has been fairly calm in terms of IT issues. Which means, no troubleshooting to report. Instead, I’ll give a brief report on the status of a variety of pending items followed by what’s happening on campus. There are a variety of projects involving IT here at the center that have […]
The week started off a bit rough with a very short power outage Monday morning. For many, it was bearly noticeable, but it had some repercussions. The worst effects were that the AMS systems had to be reset along some of the wireless routers. But I think everything went smoothly after that. Here’s what else occurred […]
It’s been another fairly uneventful week for IT here at the Center. There were only a couple of items of note involving the video conferencing system. The first was an issue with Monday’s Entomology Colloquium which was transmitted from the Stockwell room. Pullman saw only a black screen at the start, but eventually got full […]
The big excitement this week was getting the video conferencing system in the large conference room back to normal. Campus sent a replacement Director unit” (the box that the front cameras sit on) by overnight. It arrived on Monday and Jerry had it installed by late that afternoon. Tuesday morning we went through the software/firmware […]