Network Overview

USP faculty, staff and students enjoy access to the wealth of resources on the global Internet via a campus gigabit ethernet fiber-optic backbone. Every room in the residence halls are wired as well as public access labs in each dorm. We also offer wireless network access in the Library, Wilson Hall, the ARC,Whitecar and elsewhere.

We will continue to monitor campus technology needs and make improvements as necessary and as funding permits. In the past few years we have integrated a new computer lab in Wilson Hall, upgraded PC's throughout the campus and incorporated the state-of-the-art technology teaching classrooms in the CAPS facility. We have also upgraded our campus backbone to gigabit ethernet with the installation of a Nortel Networks Passport routing switch.

The network topology is a switched ethernet environment. 10 base-T, 100 base-T/FX and 1000 base-FX are used to connect various areas of the campus. Connections to the Internet are made via multiple T-1 lines and two DS-3 lines to our ISP's.