The AILG Information Technology Committee was created in 2006 and since then has been actively cooperating with MIT’s Information Services & Technology (IS&T) department in advancing the digital infrastructure for all the FSILGs. Some of our bigger projects have taken years to complete, like the fiber optic connections which now connect all FSILGs to the MIT campus.
Selected Documents
- AILG IT Committee FY22 Annual Report presented at June 9, 2022 Annual Meeting
- “Slice of MIT” blog post of March 8, 2016 describing the FSILG fiber optic Internet connections
- Ash Dyer’s ’06 message of June 2, 2014 on next generation wireless service for the FSILGs
- Older AILG IT-Telecomm Committee Reports
- April 2007 report to the AILG on IT progress
- Outline of an IT101 course in January, 2007
Milestones in FSILG IT and Network Infrastructure
Spring, 2025 Upgrade of all FSILG switches to 10Gb links
Winter, 2024 Fiber optic cable lease extended to 2029
Summer, 2024 AILG and IRDF web sites rehosted to new sites.mit.edu platform
Fall, 2021 5 year lease signed with fiber optic cable supplier, Crown Castle
2021 MIT Wireless Switch and UPS Upgrade
Spring, 2021 Latest Jupiter Wireless Access Points (WAPs) installed
Fall, 2019 Battery Backup installed in network closets
Fall, 2016 Cisco 48 port House Switches installed
2017 MIT VOIP telephony made available to all FSILGs, plus 2 numbers for each
Spring, 2017 AILG website moved from WordPress to Drupal Cloud
2015, 2016 All FSILGs integrated into MIT Wireless network and new Cisco Wireless Access Points (WAPs) installed
2014, 2015 Off campus Brookline and Cambridge FSILGs connected via 1Gb fiber.
Fall, 2014 Next Generation Wireless project integrated FSILGs into campus wireless network
Winter, 2013 All Boston FSILGs connected to MIT via fiber optic network connection
Fall, 2011 Cisco 24 port WIFI Switch installed
2009-2010 FSILG buildings wired for Ethernet and Netgear Wireless Access Points (WAPs)
2008 Extensive planning for FSILG Community Network Upgrade with MIT IS&T dept
Winter, 2007 AILG IT Committee hosts first IT 101 class during IAP
2005 IS & T deploys Verizon TLS (Transparent Lan Service) for FSILGs