2 Campus Networks

Whether delivering more than 1 billion emails each year or making sure millions of Zoom video conferencing minutes run without a hitch, IU’s campus networks are among the best in the nation.   

The Campus Networks team installs and supports total network connectivity—wired and wireless—for all students, faculty, and staff, overseeing more than 200,000 outlets and 10,000 access points in hundreds of buildings as well as internet and main network connectivity to IU’s regional campuses.

Our networks are easy to use, exceptionally reliable, and protected by dependable firewalls and secure wireless. These same networks additionally support the optimization of teaching and learning with cutting-edge classroom technologies. Campus Networks also manages a core routing environment that grows by more than 30 percent in bandwidth per year.

When the COVID-19 crisis hit and most of the IU community needed remote access to these dependable networks, we nimbly answered the call and redesigned IU’s VPN (virtual private network) infrastructure to enable the increased need for secure remote connectivity. Meanwhile, our parking lot hot spots around the state supplied free Wi-Fi to the IU community and the public. 

Our pandemic response also included outfitting socially distanced auxiliary classroom space on campus and
installing special networking for COVID-19 mitigation testing sites at IU Bloomington’s Memorial Stadium, Tennis Center, Garrett Fieldhouse, and in various parking garages at IUPUI.