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Columns::August 26, 2002

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Christine Miller and Bert DeSimone worked together to bring wireless access to Herty Field. (Photo by Peter Frey)

Herty--Unplugged

By Phil Williams
phil@franklin.uga.edu

Herty Field--a green expanse on North Campus with a large cascading fountain--now has another attraction for students, faculty and staff: wireless access to the Internet. The new access, operational since mid-summer, is the first segment of a wireless network that will be constructed on campus over the next several years. Called PAWS--the Personal Wireless/Walkup System--the project will allow authorized users to use their Web browsers, check e-mail or use any other Internet-enabled application.
The system is not designed for use by the general public. Only those with a valid UGA MyID identification and password will be able to use the PAWS system. (UGA faculty, staff and employees who do not have a MyID identification may acquire one on the Web at www.uga.edu/myid.)
“PAWS is an excellent example of just how successful partnerships in technology can be,” says Bert DeSimone, director of communications for Enterprise Information Technology Services, which has overseen development of the project. “Many departments on campus are interested in deploying wireless networks. By working together, we will be providing our students, faculty and staff a secure, ubiquitous and highly usable wireless network.”
The Herty Field project was originated and developed by Christine Miller, director of the Systems Group in the Franklin College of Arts and Sciences.
“Herty Field is a gathering place so it is an ideal location for wireless networking,” says Miller. “I think it will be a wonderful resource for the university community.”
The Franklin College, the vice president for instruction, the law school, the Honors Program and EITS collaborated on the wireless project at Herty Field.
Users of the new wireless access point at Herty Field should remember that, like all UGA computing and network resources, use of the system may be monitored and recorded by system personnel.
Such monitoring is done to ensure quality of performance, but any activity that violates university computer use policies or provides evidence of possible abuse or criminal activity could be recorded and reported to appropriate authorities.
“Former Vice President for Instruction Tom Dyer was really instrumental in supporting the wireless plan for Herty Field,” says Miller. “He and Dean Wyatt Anderson of the Franklin College were strong supporters of the project from the beginning.”
If clients are browsing the Web or checking e-mail, Herty should be able to accommodate 30 to 60 simultaneous connections, says Miller. Herty is a managed network, so network usage will not have an impact on the rest of campus.

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