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ITS News Archive.
In cooperation with CITES, ITS has been working to make the UIUCnet, UIpublicWiFi and UIwpa2 wireless networks available inside the Beckman Institute. We are pleased to announce that these wireless services will be available starting Monday, Aug 17th .
Please let the ITS Help Desk know if you have any questions about using these exciting new services. The old BiNet wireless will be retired at that time.
For instructions for connecting to UIUCnet and UIwpa2 please see:
http://www.cites.illinois.edu/wireless
August 13, 2009
Effective July 1, 2009, CITES will no longer offer campus the ability to dial in to the campus network.
In order to help current dialup users find a new Internet Service Provider, a list has been compiled of the alternatives available both in the Champaign-Urbana area and nationwide: http://www.cites.illinois.edu/network/choosing/
If you have any questions regarding this, please contact the CITES Help Desk (consult@illinois.edu, 217-244-7000).
June 17, 2009
WASHINGTON, D.C. - The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission and Health Canada, in cooperation with the firm named below, today announced a voluntary recall of the following consumer product. Consumers should stop using recalled products immediately unless otherwise instructed.
Name of Product: Lithium-Ion batteries used in Hewlett-Packard and Compaq notebook computers
Units: About 70,000
Importer: Hewlett-Packard Co., of Palo Alto, Calif.
Hazard: The recalled lithium-ion batteries can overheat, posing a fire and burn hazard to consumers.
Incidents/Injuries: The firm and CPSC are aware of two reports of batteries that overheated and ruptured, resulting in flames/fire that caused minor property damage. No injuries have been reported.
Description: The recalled lithium-ion rechargeable batteries are used with various HP and Compaq notebook computers.
See http://www.cpsc.gov/cpscpub/prerel/prhtml09/09221.html for more details.
May 18, 2009
We are currently experiencing problems with the DHCP server. This will affect network connectivity for anyone using DHCP to connect to the Beckman Institute network. We apologize for the inconvenience and will have the service restored as soon as possible.
May 12, 2009
After the highly successful roll out of our new HP DesignJet z61000 poster printer, our HP DesignJet 5000 poster printer has been retired today due to technical malfunction. If you have not already done so, please update your computer to print to the poster-z6100 print queue. For more information including instructions on installing the HP 6100 print queue on your computer please see our Printing page.
June 8, 2008
Our new HP Z6100 Poster Printer is now available for use. The HP Z6100 provides enhanced color fidelity, longer print life and significantly faster print speeds than our HP5000 wide format printer. For more information, see our Poster Printing page.
April 3, 2008
Due to low usage and high maintenance costs, the HP 3000 photo printers and the Tektronix color transparency printer will be removed from service. Users who need to print transparencies should contact the ITS Help Desk for assistance.
April 1, 2008
ITS has redesigned their website to help keep you informed and make your life easier. Please notice the new Printer Registration and Network Request forms which have replaced the old paper forms.
March 11, 2008
Printing and copying rate changes went into effect on August 1, 2007. Please see our printing and copying page for more information.
August 1, 2007
