Today, primarily during C block, we experienced an inconsistent slowdown increase and slowdown of Internet connectivity speed. Our Network administrator and I checked our download speed and firewall throughout the day. At any given time we have seen between one and two thousand active Internet connections (Browser windows or tabs) on our network. Our download speed changed from over 600 kb to under 100 kb per second. One significant discovery we made while taking a snap shot of our network activity was a user downloading a 1 GB file which I'm sure contributed to our traffic problem. We know it was on WBAIS Guess and have some other information that will help us identify the user once all laptops are register. WBAIS Guest was established to provide Internet connectivity quickly while we continued transitioning our technology after the opening of school. We can now begin to better monitor our network by requiring all users to register with the Technology Department. We plan to disable WBAIS Guest after MUN which will give us the ability to identify all computers connected to our network and remind the user to follow proper protocol as stated in our AUP. While this is not a final solution to this slowdown issue it will be a step in the right direction.
Thank you for your understanding and patience while we continue to work on a lasting solution.
Keep Computing!
Steve
Your Friendly IT Guy,
Steven Roberts
Technology Coordinator
Walworth Barbour American International School
"The man who can make hard things easy is the educator." by ~Ralph Waldo
Emerson~
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