Networking

1974

First HASP-TO-HASP LINK (CFRDC, NWRDC, NERDC)

1976

1200 baud modems

1978

/*RELAY

1980

Minis (DDP)

1983

FOCUS

1984

FIRN

Yale IUP

Facilities Management

1985

Kermit

Bitnet

1986

7171s replace Series/1s

1987

Installed third 7171

1988

Internet Connection

TCP/IP-based network services installed

1989

NFS added to TCP/IP services

1990

9600 Baud service installed

1993

Dial-up to Nerix available (CISCO terminal server)

TCP/IP installed in MVS

1994

Dial-In Access to the Whole Internet

Telnet Directly to MVS

1995

Dial VTAM command removed

UF Dialup Communications Server installed

Terminal Server 4-hour idle time-out implemented

92 28.8 modems installed

1996

Modem pool upgraded to 188 28.8 modems

24,400 and 9600 modems removed

NERDC modem pool and the UF Individual Dialup modem pool merged

1997

NERDC and UF join Internet2

Internet connection upgraded to 45Mbps

1998

Internet2, OC3 physical link to vBNS, is turned on for the first time

56K modems installed

IP multicast routing service available

1999

ISDN available

56K modems replace all lower speed modems; new connection is a trunk connection directly to Bell South

2000

UF first in Florida to connect to World-Wide IPv6 testbed.

Upgrade boosts core of UF's Intranet to 1 gigabit.

NERDC adds 215 more 56K lines for a total of 1,327 lines.

New service for 800 number. The NERDC 800 number (800-217-4096) is now being provided by a dedicated Primary Rate Interface (PRI) circuit and now supports v.90 standard (56k).

2001

BITNET addresses no longer recognized

UF Internet and Internet2 connections upgraded (OC-12)

NERDC assumes management of the UFL NDS tree

2002

Virtual Private Network service available

OIT-Network Services established; Dave Pokorney, Director

Campus Network Infrastructure group established

CETs/DDF became part of OIT-Network Services

Modems upgraded to V.92 standard

Staff participated in grid access computing project

2003

UF dial-up pool migrates to new CISCO A55400 access servers

First group of VoIP telephones deployed on campus

New UF network wiring standards approved

2004

Network services to the wall-plate available

Legacy routers replaced with CISCO 7609 routers

NAT functionality moved to high-performance PIX module

SMTP authorization required to send mail from remote locations

2005

Florida LambdaRail goes live with 32 "channels" @ 10GigaBits/Second each

2006

Net-Services begins upgrading UF Core to 20GigaBits/Second.

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