Lots of stuff happening…. As some of you may have noticed, the IT guys from CAHNRS (Nick & Michael) were here this week working on a variety of projects. Most of what they did advanced us to the next phase, getting us that much closer to having the same services as Pullman. Here’s a quick […]
Rounding out the end of June, there is not much new to report. However, I do want to cover what will be happening in July. As I mentioned in the last post, Nick and Michael will be here the week of July 9th to perform the long-awaited upgrades on our network setup by installing the […]
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. […]
This will be the last IT News & Updates blog post until June. I will be out on leave until then. Here’s what to do about IT/AMS issues during that time: WIFI issues in the back hallway – The most common cause of dropped wifi signal in the back hallway is the device itself. Sometimes it […]
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 […]
Last Friday (3/2) afternoon the Entomology building experienced a lengthy period of power fluctuations – lights flickering, power backups (UPS*) triggered, and heating system disrupted. The cause may be due to a failing power backup supply unit on the network hub located on the second floor. When the unit was unplugged the fluctuation eventually stopped. […]
Update on TFREC networking projects Last week I listed out the various ongoing projects related to our Center’s network systems. Since that report, CAHNRS IT has set up a Freedcamp account. This is an online project planning and task tracking App. They have broken up and categorized all the tasked related to the overall project and assigned […]
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 […]
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 […]
Happy New Year! I hope everyone had an enjoyable holiday season. After being away since the Center’s Holiday Party, I have a pile of stuff to get caught up on. Part of that is reading through all the emails regarding the IT updates that occurred while I was away. Campus IT was very busy trying to […]