2. Services for Network Administrators
2.1. Documentation
- OUCS Wireless Traffic Policy
- Networks Service Improvements, Summer 2009
- Physical connection to the network
- Backbone Network Connection Charges
- Network Security and OxCERT
- Full list of central network services
- Domain Name Service (DNS)
- Windows Internet Name Service (WINS)
- Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP)
- Simple Mail Transfer Protocol (SMTP)
- Network Time Protocol (NTP)
- Web Proxy/Cache
- Oxford University IP address space allocations
- RFC1918 address space usage
- IPv6 deployment plan
- Address Resolution Protocol (ARP)
- DNS Allocation Auditing Tools
- Services and networks blocked at the firewall
- masks and specifying IP address ranges
- Network number calculator
- 802.1Q Tunnelling
2.2. Webauth enabled interfaces for ITSS
- Visitor Network Account Granting Privilege Administration
- Heads of IT can control who is able to give out Visitor accounts for their unit
- 802.1X Device Registration
- Wireless access points and 802.1X participating devices
- OWL Phase 2 Access Point Registration
- Register an access point to be fully managed by OUCS under OWL Phase 2
- OWL Phase 2 Management Interface for ITSS
- Cisco Wireless Control System interface
- Link Status Report
- Backbone network port information
2.3. Online tools restricted to access from within the University network
2.3.1. DNS
- DNS updates
- Change DNS records for your unit
- DNS zone listings
- Manually lookup all DNS information for an Oxford zone
- Subnet list
- Show all the University subnets and details on their allocations
2.3.2. DHCP
- DHCP updates
- Search and register new DHCP instructions
- DHCP deletions
- Search and delete DHCP instructions
- DHCP log searches
- Search through the DHCP lease logs for your unit
- Rogue DHCP servers
- Look for evidence of rogue DHCP servers
- DHCP registration queries
- Search through the dhcp registrations (search option also present on other dhcp pages)
2.3.3. Auditing
- ARP query
- Find out which computers have been using the IP addresses on your subnetwork.
- IP Allocation Status Tool
- Review the status of your DNS allocation
- IP Allocation Audit Tool
- Review your DNS allocation utilisation
- Current router blocks
- Hosts blocked at the University routers by the security team
- University firewall blocks
- Current University firewall ruleset
- Lost/stolen machines
- Alerts the University when a specific MAC address of a stolen machine is spotted
2.4. Charged networking services from OUCS
- LAN Management Service - management of the network hardware
- Network Systems Management Services (NSMS) - managing a departmental or college networked resources
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