Current Computing Status:
Service Normal
No major outages or abnormal conditions have been reported.
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RLAN at Virginia Tech
To help protect personally identifying information (PII), the IT Security Office (ITSO) and Communications Network Services (CNS) have collaborated to create the Restricted/Limited Access Network, or RLAN. The RLAN provides additional layers of protection for network and computing environments for employees who work with larger volumes of PII.
Communications Network Services (CNS)
Communications Network Services (CNS) provides leading edge telecommunications services in support of the instructional, research and outreach missions of Virginia Tech. CNS delivers voice, data and video services to all segments of the University community. For more information, see the Communications Network Services Web site.
Network Backup Service
Information Systems and Computing offers a Network Backup Service to faculty and staff that provides:
- Scheduled daily backup of workstation files and directories
- Offsite storage in compliance with computing standards
- Restoration of files at your convenience
for the following operating systems:
Wireless Campus Network
Wireless service is available in approximately 90% of academic and administrative spaces across the Blacksburg campus. To take advantage of this service, you need to register, obtain and install a wireless network interface card (NIC), and configure your operating system to access the network.
University Services Domain
University Services is a Windows 2003 Child Domain of the Hokies Active Directory that is centrally administrated by VTmig (http://vtmig.w2k.vt.edu). It is an end-user driven domain oriented toward desktop computers.
Virtual Dedicated Windows Servers (VDWS)
Consequences for Exceeding Virginia Tech's Bandwidth Limit
The maximum upload permitted from an on-campus computer to an off-campus location is 4.7 GB in a twenty-four hour period. If you exceed the bandwidth limit, you will receive the following email message from Communications Network Services (CNS):
The following notice is addressed to
${residents} of ${room} ${buildingName}
RESTRICTION:
LAN Access - Campus Ethernet
Communications Network Services (CNS) offers LAN (Ethernet) connections in residence halls for students and offices for faculty and staff on Virginia Tech's Blacksburg campus.
DNS Addresses
DNS (Domain Name Server) addresses are for the campus servers that translate the Virginia Tech domain names that your computer uses and converts them to IP addresses so that you can connect to the Internet.
Virginia Tech IP Addresses
As part of the regular security configuration of various information resources at Virginia Tech, system administrators sometimes want to restrict access to certain services to what are commonly referred to as "Virginia Tech" hosts. There is often considerable confusion about what this means as well as which addresses should be covered in this matter. Following is information you need to know before restricting access to any of the addresses listed below.