Network Standards

Building Wiring Strategies & Standards

Category 6 (CAT-6) UTP wiring to USF desktop computers (as described in the USF wiring standard) continues to be the wiring standard at USF St. Petersburg. Cisco "10/100/1000" Ethernet/network switches are installed within wiring closets for all new construction. remodeling or retrofit projects.

• Network Wiring Standards (PDF file)

Wireless Network Standards

The Office of Campus Computing considers the wireless network to be part of the mission statements we follow to provide campus-wide network management, reliability and service. Hence, as we expect with the hard-wired network infrastructure on campus, we also expect that individuals or departments do not install their own wireless infrastructure due to the potential for conflict and degrading of reliability and service.

More so than hard-wired network technology, wireless networking has a multitude of areas that can conflict with campus services. Channel allocations, device placement and configuration of network names (SSIDs) all have the potential to disrupt a critical campus services. Unlike copper or fiber optic cable networks, wireless technology requires a multi-dimensional design.

The Campus Computing standard for wireless network equipment is Cisco Aironet. It's important to remember that the current implementation of wireless networking technology has a limited life span. The current campus wireless network provides a bandwidth of 11 to 54 Mb/sec per access point.