Tim Lewis
Network Engineer V
581-7635

Randy Ethridge
Communications Network Specialist II

Mark Barrow
Communications Network Specialist I

Kent Cummings
Communications Network Specialist I

Location: Student Services, Room 3015

The Network Operations and Engineering Core Group provides management of and support for the campus data network.

The group maintains network infrastructure, such as the OC-12 ATM backbone, gigabit uplinks to the backbone and core network devices, including routers, switches, hubs, bridges, firewalls and packet-shaping technology. Local area networks such as Ethernet, Token Ring and wireless LANs are maintained by the group, as are wide area networks, including areas such as Internet connectivity, dial-up modem pool services, remote campus facilities connectivity and DSL/T1 circuits.

The Network Operations and Engineering Core Group also manages and monitors network performance and health, analyzes statistics and forecasts trends.

Fiber optic backbone cable plant design, maintenance, testing and troubleshooting also come under the oversight of the group. This includes both single mode and multi mode fiber termination and testing.

The group also deals with structured cable plant design, maintenance, testing and troubleshooting, including UTP Category 5, 6 and 6e, and IBM Type 1, and it provides network infrastructure design and systems engineering.