Due to the time involved in getting files moved to the new servers, many of my support tickets have gone unanswered.  It looks as though I am over a major part of the server setup and will be shifting back to primarily working on support tickets.  Thank you to all of you how have been patiently waiting.

Many of you had noticed that email stopped working the first week of May (4/30-5/2).  The problem was caused by the failure of the primary DNS server.  Some changes were made to reflect the near completed change of files from Cronus to AD1.  When saving those changes, the server failed to respond.  Undoing those changes did not alleviate the problem.  My [...]

All of the files have been moved from the Cronus files server on to the AD1 or Active Directory server.  AD1 runs Windows 2003 Server and required that certain name be changed.  Files with /, \, *. ‘ and more than one period, all had to be renamed.  Most of the characters were removed or replaced with [...]

The new wireless installation is about 60% complete.  Most should see better coverage and more reliable trainsfers.  The remainder is expected to be completed next school year.

INVOLVING: K20PLANNED EVENT WINDOWS: 11/28/07 9:00 PM PST - 11/28/07 11:59 PM PST SUMMARY:Routing will be updated to have a more resilient announcement policy towards K20 providers and other work will be done relating to upgrades in the K20 infrastructure.There is no impact expected due to this work and work will be performed in a [...]

There have been a series of problems with the network over the past few days this week. —  Starting Tuesday morning, caused by the power outage, the core (main) switch needed to be rebooted. This took me a few hours to figure out and affected everyone on this campus. CCP would not [...]

Mac OS X 10.5 has done away with the traditional application to assign printers.  In the past, it has normally been located in the Utilities folder and titles Print Center, Printer Utility, and so forth.  Now, all printer setups are done from within the System Preferences fond under the Apple menu.  Having the Print & Fax [...]

A meeting has been set with the ESD to determine the steps and timeline for the new wireless system deployment for next week Tuesday.  More information to come later.

Wireless network upgrades are coming in the near future.  In an effort to create a secured wireless network, the district will be replacing the entire wireless system.  Currently, many of the wireless access points (AP’s) don’t have the ability to use modern wireless security solutions.  The upgrade will also help in replacing many of the [...]