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Campus Internet Connection Bandwidth Increase
Due to the ever increasing demand for internet bandwidth it was once again time for GTS to upgrade our internet connection before spring semester kicks off. For the past few years the campus has had 2Gbit/s of bandwidth to the internet and 1Gbit/s to Internet2. While this was a huge amount of capacity a few […]
WiFi Upgrades in the Library
We know that one of the busiest times of the year for the library is coming up soon and in preparation for that we have completed an upgrade of the library’s WiFi network. Not only did we swap out the older access points for the latest model but we also added seven additional access points […]
Wireless Upgrades to Confer / Vickner Hall
The WiFi network in Confer / Vickner Hall has received a significant upgrade as part of our ongoing project to improve the WiFi network in the academic buildings on campus. Last year the building had 13 aging WiFi access points. This summer we replaced those access points with 22 of the latest generation WiFi access […]
Outdoor WiFi added to Johns Family Courtyard
A common request we receive at GTS is to expand the WiFi coverage in the outdoor spaces on campus. As part of an effort to improve the WiFi all around Gustavus, we have installed a new outdoor WiFi access point on the wall between the Courtyard Cafe and the Johns Family Courtyard. So this fall […]
2018 Commencement Time Lapse Video
Congratulations class of 2018! Commencement is over and you are on to whatever comes next. Unfortunately the weather didn’t cooperate this year and commencement was held indoors for the first time since 2014. But don’t worry, there is a camera in the arena that we used to create a time lapse video of the indoor […]
DNS and Your Privacy
On April 1, 2018 Cloudflare released a new DNS service called 1.1.1.1. One of the primary goals of this service is to allow users to hide their DNS requests from their ISP. A typical home ISP ( like Comcast, and Mediacom ) may be logging all the DNS requests you do, selling that information to […]