Computer Center

DCE Campus Wide Networks 

Present Setup

DCE presently has around 150 computers connected as a LAN in its computer center in its two floors providing internet access (2 Mbps) and programming facilities to all software related laboratories of all the departments of the college, predominantly COE, IT, ECE, EE and Maths departments. 

The academic buildings/library/administrative blocks and all the hostels of DCE are interconnected using Wi-Fi with limited number of access points. The Administrative Block, Training and Placement Block, Convocation Hall and Library are also connected via CAT5 cables. 

Each of the departments need to have their own LANs to be later interconnected using the proposed Optical Fiber Cable Network (OFCN). COE department has its laboratories connected with its LAN as of now and Admin Block is partially networked. 

Presently Computer Center has the following equipment.

1. Layer-3 Switch (Cisco Catalyst 4507R)-1 No
2. Layer-2 Switch (Cisco 2948) 3 Nos
3. ISP Router (Cisco 1721) 1 No
4. ISP Bandwidth from ERNET 2 MBPS
5. Modem (Key mile LECAR) 1 No
6. Software Firewall 1 No 

The present network setup satisfies only the basic needs of the Institute's rudimentary Internet connectivity and minimal resource sharing for the connected departments. To put DCE on par with IITs and reputed NITs, it is necessary to use Information Technology as the backbone for its academic, research, consultancy and administrative ventures and hence in the academic year ending March 2007 we have placed orders for 4 high end servers, gateway security solution system, E-mail server software, Internet bandwidth of 4 Mbps and 170 high end PC's for faculty members.

Proposed Enhancements

Nowadays, computing venue is shifting from a central place to the user's desktop. Users are everywhere and are connected to one another. DCE wishes to pro-actively support it.

DCE Computing and Network Services will be including Administrative Computing Services, Campus Network, Central Servers, Internet Bandwidth, Departmental Servers and Computing Services Information services (electronic) from Central Library and Departments.

For achieving the above facilities, DCE requires a network with a Gigabit Ethernet backbone using around 3000 m made of Single mode and around 2000 m Multimode Fiber as a part of a fiber optic backbone and cat6 cabling in all the blocks.

College is in the process of setting up campus LAN to extend these facilities to each and every department, hostel, residential blocks, principal's residence, Guest house, canteen etc. in the college through a Canopy based hot zones providing wireless connectivity all over the campus till such time optical cabling is done. Another 200 Pentium-IV shall be added to the centre during 2007-08. 

The main objectives of computer center are:

• Setting up of local LANs in all the departments of DCE wherever the same has not yet been done.
• Extending the LANs of the departments by a canopy based wireless system so that all the buildings including academic, administrative, residential, hostel and creating hot zones throughout these areas
• Ensuring that all new buildings are brought under the network
• Extending the network to the Student hostels and Faculty residences at an affordable cost so that the already existing PCs and LANs in these areas can also be connected to the network.
• Widening the bandwidth to satisfy its ever increasing academic and research demands from the present 6 Mbps to 10 Mbps.
• Ensuring that all staff and students are connected.
• Deploying IT based services for the workflow and academics activities and ensure E-Governance.