- Internet connectivity slowdown Issue - Next Steps
- Use Firefox Broswer for PowerSchool - Reminder
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Internet connectivity slowdown Issue - Next Steps
Just to keep you in the loop, here are our next steps to find a more permanent solution to our Internet speed slowdowns are:
- Complete the registration on all computers using the WBAIS Network.
- Run a packet sniffer which is used to analyze network problems once all network devices can be identified.
- Check and reconfigure (if needed) the topography of lines in and out of the firewall to the DMZ. (DMZ is a separate area on our network designed to allow the outside to view and access Web services we manage locally.)
- Increasing our bandwidth to accommodate our increase use. Options are now being looked into.
Use Firefox Broswer for PowerSchool
As a follow up to my email on browsers use. One of the problems with trouble shooting our network slowdown is that some slowdowns may not be network related. For example, in my last email on browser use I recommended using Firefox when accessing PowerSchool. I'd like to repeat this as it has been our experience that Firefox loads some PowerSchool pages quicker than other browsers. This is not an issue of slow connectivity. It has to do with the development of the browsers.
As always if you have topics you would like me to address in future updates just let me know.
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~
