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The University of Arkansas at Monticello recently introduced wireless Internet by installing it in two rooms of the Memorial Classroom Building: Room 120 and the Writing Center. “Due to the leadership and efforts of Provost (David) Ray, the campus is moving towards wireless,” Chancellor Jack Lassiter said. Though only two wireless access points exist on campus, the university plans to gradually install more. Departments already expressing interest in the technology include the School of Education, Math and Science, Forestry and the Fred J. Taylor Library. “Forestry has a request in to purchase access points,” said Bobby Hoyle, director of Information Technology. “It will take hundreds of access points to make all of the campus wireless.” In order to meet state regulations, the IT department purchased a wireless card controller, which allows wireless to be pushed across campus as funds become available. Prior to roughly a month ago, the campus did not possess the proper equipment to meet state regulations for wireless. “It (the university’s wireless connection) is encrypted and authenticated, meaning it protects the end user,” Hoyle said. “That’s the person that’s actually connecting, whether it be a student, or faculty or staff member.” Hoyle said the IT department was just setting
the core foundation for wireless, and a lot of work still needed to be
done.
More than 90 percent of campuses in the United States offer some form of wireless
networking, according to an annual study by the Campus Computing
Project.
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