Please excuse multiple postings.
On December 10th, the Colorado Alliance of
Research Libraries will be upgrading its networking bandwidth to a 10 megabit
per second line. This will represent a threefold increase in capacity
which will improve performance of all Alliance services including the Alliance
Digital Repository (ADR), Prospector, Colorado School of Mines Voyager System,
Gold Rush and other services. This will mean that all Alliance services
will not be available the day of December 10, 2007 as we make the necessary
changes to our network.
The new Internet Service Provider (ISP) for the Alliance
will be the UCAR Point of Presence (UPOP) which is part of the larger Front
Range GigaPop (FRGP). Many of the Alliance member institutions are part
of this network consortium so that there should be substantial improvements in
performance to Alliance services because of the increased bandwidth as well as
us being “closer” to our members in the Internet neighborhood.
To do the upgrade, the Alliance is required to change its IP
addressing scheme. The IP address change will require that member institutions
update firewall settings, access scripts, embedded IP addresses for Prospector,
or any other area where the numeric IP address is used. Sites using
domain names (instead of the numeric IP addresses) will not need to make
changes. Be sure to check with your network administrator or IT
department to determine any changes to your network that need to be made.
We will attempt to minimize the amount of downtime on
December 10th, but due to unforeseen circumstances, there could be
outages extending beyond the initial period. More information will be
forthcoming including the new IP addresses assignments for Alliance
devices. Be sure to contact Tim Donnelly ([log in to unmask]) with any questions.
Tim Donnelly
System/Network Administrator
Colorado Alliance of Research Libraries
(303)759-3399 x106