Information About ECE's Network
The School of ECE's network uses the latest network technologies:
- The core network is based on 3 high-capacity Layer3 switches:
- 1 x Cisco Catalyst 6506 with a Supervisor 2 and MSFC2 module (backplane switching capacity: 256Gbps).
- 2 x Foundry Networks BigIron 4000 (backplane switching capacity: 128Gbps) interconnected by Gigabit Ethernet links (1000Mbps).
- Each data closet is connected to the ECE network core by Gigabit Ethernet links.
- The campus connectivity is provided by two redundant Gigabit Ethernet links.
- More than 95% of our desktops machines have a Fast Ethernet connectivity.
Last revised on June 11, 2003.

