According to Steen, "library access in the stacks should be available when the library rebuilding project is complete."
Fringe Benefits
"We have been able to keep up with demand by aggressive upgrades," Steen says.
Under the current "shared access network system," the more people the network hosts, the slower it runs.
With a switched network, each user is given personal bandwidth, so that each computer does not have access to all network traffic. According to Osterberg, this change will improve security in addition to speed.
"Switched networking is advantageous in that it eliminates any risks from this kind of network monitoring," he said last February, after an incident of "packet-sniffing" forced many students to change their network passwords.
The switched network will still have a maximum data capacity of 10 megabits per second (Mbps), below the 100 Mbps being used in many corporate systems.
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