At the end of the day Tuesday we have 258/437 IPs used at DK on the trusted network with the change over to the allow list. 40% available is excellent where quite often before this would be in single digits or at zero! The lease times have been reset to 7 days. This should help […]
Category: Communication
Planned Upgrade & Service Disruption – Oct 4, 5am-8am
We will be working on an upgrade to Helpdesk and a SQL server early Friday morning (5am-8am). We hope to have services back up and running prior to most users being on site.
Networking Changes at Dr. Kearney
Over the last year we have made some networking changes at Dr. Kearney and Bert Bowes. A significant change was to add a virtual local area network that allows for a separate network for internet only connections for personal devices. This is accessed through the wireless network SSID SD60-Public. This network has space for 64000 […]
Unplanned Outages
9:20am Thursday – There are province wide issues with the Provincial Learning Network which is causing numerous issues with the internet. No ETA on repair has been provided.
Planned Outage – Sept 22 15min between 6am-9am
RFC# 102427 Location(s): Fort St. John RNC – All Users – downstream Dawson Creek, Fort Nelson, Dease Lake, Atlin and Chetwynd Window: 2013-09-22 06:00 through 2013-09-22 09:00 PDT Impact: 15 minute outage due to Vendor requested network maintenance
New tool for Secretaries – Account Lookup and Password Change
Ryan London has been working on a new tool for Windows that will allow secretaries in schools to look up DWL accounts and change passwords for staff and students within their school. It is currently in a small test stage. The lookup will be handy when new staff and students come with a complaint that […]
Planned Outage – September 15
RFC# 102426 Location(s): Fort St. John RNC – All Users Window: 2013-09-15 06:00 through 2013-09-15 09:00 PDT Impact: 15 minute outage per circuit during this Vendor requested network maintenance window
THINK before you post!
I’ve printed and laminated several posters below. They’ll be sent in the mail to schools to use as they see fit. Taken from Twitter user @Silvana_hoxha https://twitter.com/Silvana_Hoxha/status/376699672972111873/photo/1
Support Challenges with our Apple Computers
Over the last year and moving forward into the next couple of years we have and are running into serious difficulties supporting both new and older apple computers. Java, printing, OS and software creep, unsupported hardware, unsupported printers etc. These challenges are frustrating staff, students, and technology services staff. Currently teachers in grade 6/7 have […]
Technology Grant Results for 2013-2014
The following schools have been granted projectors through the early 2013-2014 technology grant. We ran this early this year as the 2013-2014 tech grant budget will be completely spent on year 4 of the desktop replacement cycle due to a larger number of computers in year 4. Every school that requested a projector for a […]