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15
May
2020

Internet2 Network Update: COVID-19 Initial Connectivity Upgrades Complete

Estimated reading time: 3 minutes By Chris Wilkinson, Internet2 Director of Network Planning and Architecture To support the transition of students and faculty to remotely accessing campus resources from home, including online education and research, Internet2 has recently completed upgrades to the Internet2…

04
May
2020

Security Scene: May Edition

Estimated reading time: 3 minutes By Adair ThaxtonInternet2 Cyberinfrastructure Security Engineer Happy … April, I think? Wait, it’s May? I’ve lost track. You may have heard about Cloudflare’s website, isbgpsafeyet.com. Their site tests whether your ISP can load a page from an…

01
May
2020

The Latest Updates for NET+ Duo Security Participants

Estimated reading time: 3 minutes By Nick LewisInternet2 Program Manager, Security and Identity The NET+ Duo Security program recently posted an update on 2019 on the NET+ Duo wiki. The blog went over updates from the previous year and plans for 2020. This post…

23
Apr
2020

KCTCS COVID Response: Mobile WiFi Project

Estimated reading time: 3 minutes By Therese Perlowski, Internet2 CAP Program Manager With all eight major universities in Kentucky sending their students home to complete classes remotely, and the majority of community members asked to stay home, the necessity for strong broadband has…

07
Apr
2020

KINBER: Closing the Digital Divide in Rural Pennsylvania

Estimated reading time: 4 minutes By Therese Perlowski, Internet2 CAP Program Manager The coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic has illustrated how broadband access is critical to our country’s students, businesses, and public safety. Yet many communities continue to be left behind. Pennsylvania’s research and education…

27
Mar
2020

Optimizing Your Home Network for Working and Learning

By Steven Wallace

Estimated reading time: 4 minutes When students reposition to home locations, traffic patterns change. In most cases, the network traffic from the student to the cloud-based learning management systems and video applications will use commercial networks (i.e., the broadband in their home or…