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Network Development Overview


Infrastructure

The KUMC Ethernet network is a routed and switched environment. Medium or high-speed network access is available to over 4,800 workstations and servers located in 35 campus buildings.

Wide Area Network

KUMC’s network has links to a number of remote sites in the Kansas City area and throughout the state of Kansas, including T-1 connectivity to

KUMC’s wide area network also includes ISDN connections to several local outpatient clinics.

Internet Connectivity

KUMC pays for and maintains campus connectivity to Internet 2 through KANREN and the Great Plains Network. Currently KUMC’s Internet access is via a DS-3 (45 Megabits per second) connection.

Supported Network Operating Systems

The KUMC network has approximately 75 servers providing access to electronic mail, web-based programs/materials, file/print services, and client/server based applications. 60 percent of the servers at KUMC run NetWare, 30 percent run Windows NT, and the remaining 10 percent are Unix-based (primarily Sun Solaris and Linux). KUMC actively supports campus-wide applications of NT Domain service and Novell Directory Services (NDS).

Contact information

Matthew V. Fuoco
Director of Network Services
mfuoco@kumc.edu
913.588.4970;

Steve Selaya
Assistant Director of Network Development
sselaya@kumc.edu
913.588.4835

To report network problems, call 913-588-7995 or e-mail customersupport@kumc.edu