Here’s the big news for the coming week: Nick and Michael will be here Monday and Tuesday to perform installations to our network. To hopefully improve our connectivity, they will be integrating the LocalTel internet line into our existing network. Step one started today with PUD/LocalTel performing a line change involving the phones (not sure […]
Here’s a look at the sytems report generated by our firewall software since it was installed July 20. Its a bit “techy”, but some of you may be interested to see how much activity goes through our connections. Clicking on a graph will open an enlarged view. FYI – Our current connection allows for receiving and sending […]
It’s been a fairly uneventful week for IT issues. The two biggest issues have been phishing & scams and slow internet. As a reminder for the phishing & scams, don’t click on links inside questionable emails. Review the Phishing Gallery if you still are not sure what a questionable email looks like. Also, if you visit […]
Tuesday’s Internet outage As I’m sure you all noticed, we had a major internet outage on Tuesday. We started with intermittent disruptions until the system completely failed by 10:28 am and stayed down until nearly 7 pm. The good news is that it wasn’t a fault of any of our equipment or firewall settings. The bad news is […]
‘Tis the season for online scams… As you contemplate your holiday gift list, online scammers are anticipating your business. Although it’s always a good idea to be mindful of where you do your online shopping, the holiday season is a time where many people get into trouble. Only shop reputable sites. If you aren’t sure about a […]
No major issues this week. Though I’ve got to say that ‘slow’ seems to be the new normal for our internet speed. They have not reported any specific issues, so I don’t know why this is the case. I have requested a status update. Besides the speed issue, phishing scams are still a problem. Here’s […]
It’s been a relatively calm week for IT issues. That said, there are a few of items to mention. 1 – I received a notice late Monday evening (10/30) that there was another disruption to Frontier’s trunk line that services some of the K-20 locations including “Wenatchee REC” (how we are identified on their network). The […]
The good news is that we have no new problems – at least reported to me. And, Nick was able to remotely fix the issue with the front cameras in the large conference room. Our students can now be seen at other sites. Video conferencing & internet – We still have the ongoing issue with […]
A new blog was created to keep everyone at TFREC up to date on the status of our communications systems including the AMS equipment, our internet, and the phones. To view the blog visit here.
(reposted from email) I’ve been requested to send out weekly emails to update you on the status of various Center communications and network functions. This will likely go out each Thursday. I will also send out off-schedule announcements as needed to address any critical issues. Today’s review is a bit long, but I wanted to […]