Altogether 611 network points (386 for staff, 225 for ACEnet) have been
planned for installation in the building. These network points, each
of which can support data transfer speeds of up to 100Mbps, will connect
to the Campus Network via a building ATM switch, which joins the building
to the existing Campus ATM backbone by means of 155Mbps fibre links.
Cable laying and termination for all network points, as well as for the
optical fibre between the building and the Computer Centre, were accomplished
in November. Installation, configuration and testing of the network
equipments are well under way at the time of writing. It is expected
that the entire building network infrastructure will be in place and ready
for functional service before the end of this year.
T. Y. Shen
Tel: 2241 5229
E-mail: sty@cc.hku.hk