Network & Systems

The campus fiber optic network backbone has been extended to Gjerset House. This upgrade has allowed us to provide an improved wired network, and to extend coverage of the campus wireless network to include Gjerset House.

Google is aware of an issue that is currently affecting some users and making their Norse Mail inaccessible. You can find updates on the status of this issue at: http://www.google.com/appsstatus#rm=1&di=1&hl=en

We manage our internet connection with a piece of equipment called a NetEqualizer. The NetEqualizer’s job is to ensure that all of our internet users share the available bandwidth in a fair manner. One way it does this is to limit the number of simultaneous network connections that each computer can make.

I am planning to do some maintenance work on part of our wireless network from 5AM until 7AM on 9/17/09. The wireless network covering Ylvisaker, Norby House, Main, Library, Sampson, and Valders will be unavailable during this time.

As a new academic year begins and students and faculty return to campus, LIS would like to remind you of two useful tools to reset your passwords. Your NorseKey and Datatel passwords expire every 180 days. You can reset them yourself using the following tools.

On NorseKey.luther.edu you will be asked to set your security questions if you have not already completed them to authenticate yourself so that you can use the “Forgot My NorseKey” option to reset your NorseKey.

Sophos for Mac has been upgraded from 4.9 to 7.0 on sophos.luther.edu. We have updated the website with new links.
This update will be installed automatically. The shield will turn from blue to black when the update is complete.

Sophos 7.0 is for Mac OSX 10.4 and newer. Older versions are no longer supported.

Sophos for Windows is not affected by this update.

This summer we’ve replaced the 5 wireless access points that had previously been providing limited wireless network coverage in Ylvisaker with 32 new wireless access points. This upgrade provides full wireless network coverage in all of Ylvisaker.

H drives and department shares on academic.luther.edu are now available. Please call the LIS Help Desk if you run into any issues.

Academic.luther.edu will move to new hardware this weekend. The server will be taken down at 5:00 PM Friday, August 7th and should be available sometime Saturday evening. Access to files will not be possible during this time.

Print service has been restored. If you experience any troubles printing, please contact the Technology Help Desk at x1000.