and…No more BUVS requirement on ResNet!
Yes, the rumors are true! Students moving in to residences this fall will *not* be required to run BUVS. If they want/need to use Ethernet, they will still be required to NetReg. Several factors combined lead to this change:
– With the increased availability of wireless access in residences, there are many more people coming to campus who might never need to plug in. (BUVS is not required on the wireless network because there is no way to section off just the residences.)
– Many people coming to campus now have never plugged in at home, so introducing them to an older technology, and forcing them to buy a cable for that purpose, didn’t seem right.
– Significant Mac usage, plus the secure nature of Windows 7, combine to provide us with hope that removing the BUVS restriction will be ok.
BUVS will still be available as a diagnostic and repair tool, and certainly the people we help, or the clients themselves, can still opt to run it. It is still available as a download from TechWeb, just as it always was.
Linda will be providing more information on this big change as ResNet approaches.