Archive for September, 2006Page 3
Birthday Wishes
On this day in 1930 the 3M Corporation began selling Scotch tape. 36 years later the first episode of Star Trek, entitled “The Man Trap,” aired. 18 years after that, a young man named Ryan “Rudi” Rud was born. Today we celebrated all of these things, but Ryan’s birthday was the only one to warrant […]
A bit of wireless detective work
Yesterday during chapel I went over to Old Main in order to reboot an access point which wasn’t checking in. I got there, looked where the access point was supposed to be and saw two holes in the wall. I went back to my office and used some tools I created over the summer (I’ll […]
Gribly Feature From User Feedback
We received the following feedback today from the five star rating system regarding the new Gribly: “Missing a link to email the class from this list. A few of my faculty have asked where the link to send an email to this group was. We think it would be very functional if that could be […]
Students- Need help registering?
Need help registering your computer on the Gustavus network? On Thursdays during the month of September, between 1 and 4:00 pm, the Technology Helpline will be offering walk-up help in the main lobby of Olin. During this time, the Technology Helpline will be helping students register their computers on the wired and wireless networks. This […]
On-line Hardware Registration
Over 600 First Year Students have registered some type of network device on GReg (Gustavus Registration) since Saturday. GReg is the system that we use to track and register all the machines on our network. Users are automatically stepped through a web based process that installs the newest version of Symantec AntiVirus Corporate Edition, installs […]
Color Printing in the Public Labs
Over the years there has been a steady rise in the cost of printing for the college. Much of these costs have been associated with the increase in demand for and use of color printing options in our campus labs. In order to make it possible to accommodate the increased demands for color printing, starting […]
Technology Helpline Regular Hours Begin
This fall the Technology Helpline will be expanding their hours. In an effort to deliver more coverage and help with some of the problems the lab assistants dealt with in the past the Technology Helpline will be open longer hours in the fall. Regular Hours: Monday – Thursday 8 am – 12 Midnight Friday 8 […]
English Department Blog Now Online
The English Department joins the MCS Department today by launching their brand new blog with some shiny new content. Their first few entries deal with alumni updates, the upcoming Lefler Lecture, and Senior Seminars for 2006-2007. They plan on updating it with interesting new content throughout the year. If you are/were an English major, are […]
Planned Gustavus E-mail Outage
Tonight at 10:30pm, Gustavus e-mail will be unavailable for approximately 10-15 minutes. We expect at 10:45pm, all services will be restored completely. All messages received during this outage will be delivered soon after the outage. Thank you for your patience. Contact Us Phone: 507-933-6111 Email: helpline@gustavus.edu Web: https://gustavus.edu/gts Blog: https://gts.blog.gustavus.edu Remote Support: https://sos.gac.edu System Status: […]
Gustavus Network Speeds
I have had a couple of people ask me today, “How fast is our internet connection?” The quick answer to that is 30Mbit I1 and 45Mbit I2. What that means is that we have a 30Mbit connection to the “internet”. We also have an additional 45Mbit connection to Internet2. Internet2 is a research network mainly […]