Networking Information

The data network on the main campus consists of a 10 Gigabit Ethernet backbone which connects 32 academic buildings, 2 satellite campuses, and 31 dorms, fraternities, and sororities.

Our commodity Internet connections are provided via Gigabit Ethernet lines to Cogent, Charter Communications, and Sprint, for a combined total of about 500 Megabits/sec.

We have sponsored Assumption College, Holy Cross, and the American Antiquarian Society for Internet2 and connect them at our gigaPoP at 474 Main Street. We have helped add the Merrimack Education Center (MEC) be part of the Massachusetts Internet2 Sponsored Educational Network Participants (SEGP). MEC is a network which connects over 300 K-12 institutions across Massachusetts and it connects to our gigaPoP at 474 Main.

We peer with Charter Communications at 474 Main so that cable modem users have a more direct connection to WPI, and to the others who connect to our gigaPoP.

We have a Gigabit Ethernet link to the Northern Crossroads (NoX) to gain access to the Internet2 network. To accomplish this connection, we operate a Juniper router at One Summer Street in Boston. We have sponsored the Museum of Science for Internet2 membership and hope to connect them at One Summer Street.

Network Operations manages networking for approximately 17,000 devices. We maintain approximately 2.75 million feet of copper cable and 700,000 feet of fiber.

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Last modified: Aug 12, 2009, 19:06 EDT