School case study 2: A more extensive setup by EUN Partnership aisbl

Ralia, Greece

rallouthoma — 2016-11-28 11:45:24 UTC

We use a wireless access point but the speed is slow, about 4Mbps and that is our problem. Unfortunately due to schools' location there is no possibility of obtaining higher speed.

Ivancica, Croatia

ivancica_sabadin — 2016-11-28 11:49:50 UTC

We have 100Mbps Fibre connection. Access is protected with two m0n0wall's. It is a firewall installed on two old pc's. Our main challenge is how to install wireless network using Eduroam. At this point we don't have funds for the equipment.

Jarle Osmund Vågen, Norway

jarleosmund — 2016-11-28 11:59:18 UTC

We have a three counties partnership (Telemark, Vestfold and Buskerud), that share a Internet connection. Our ISP delivers a MPLS-network that is terminated with a 2x10 GBps internet connection. This is a big connection yes, But there are approx 10 school only in Telemark that share this connection, I don't know the number of schools in Buskerud and Vestfold. Each school has it's own Firewall (checkpoint), Most of the servers are virtualized (VMWare), this saves a lot of hardware enenrgy. The net is very stable, but there have been a few times with DDOS attacks. This is handled by our ISP. Personally I have not been involved in these central operation, I only work with the local IT-operations.

Frederiek, Belgium

frederiek_berthier — 2016-11-28 12:10:18 UTC

We have a ISP business subscription, who offers 200Mbps download and about 20 Mbps upload.

We protect our internal network by pfSense, installed on a computer, but we are looking to changes this to a specific appliance instead, or even upgrading to a business class firewall.

Problem is our VOIP. We use a completely separate connection for our VOIP, as we can't afford interruptoin in our telephone connectivity. Another issue is the connection to other campusses. We have domain servers in other campusses that have to be accessible at all time. We have no failovers at the moment concerning internet connectivity.

In the process of looking at upgrading since higher speed fibre internet recently became available locally. So I don't have much to offer as yet except we know we want enterprise-standard wifi and to be able to act as a local campus for courses requiring good internet.

imogen1 — 2016-11-28 12:17:32 UTC

Marianthi Arvanitidou - Greece

1canislupus22 — 2016-11-28 12:58:52 UTC

We use a wireless access point but the speed is slow, about 4Mbps and that is our problem. Unfortunately due to schools' location there is no possibility of obtaining higher speed.

Matthias, Switzerland

matthiaszumkehr — 2016-11-28 13:01:28 UTC

We had to update our internet connection due to the introduction of Office 365 and the equipment of students with a personal device. We are now at 400 Mb/s down and 40Mb/s up.

But speed is not everything. You also need some wlan spots which can handle up to 25 device in one room. We had the professionalize our wlan infrastructure in order to have a steady internet connection.

Marcela, Italy

2016-11-28 13:10:24 UTC

We connect via Lepida network (Winners of the European Broadband Awards 2016) and I am really satisfied.
The region Emilia-Romagna invests in the creation of a UBB (Ultra-Broadband) network serving public administration and private enterprises through the Net4all project. It is based on reuse of existing passive public infrastructure and a public private partnership (co-investing enterprises) to build new networks.
This is a successful example of public and private investment collaboration bringing revenue and value.

Maria, Italy

maria_sgro_ct — 2016-11-28 13:32:11 UTC

My school is connected to the internet via Mandarin, a broadband provider supplied and payed by the municipality. The connection is very bad, very slow and not sufficient to support the secretariat and educational activities of the classes, all equipped with computer and multimedia projector. We teachers have a tablet on loan to use for access to the electronic register or to support teaching. Pupils do not use their own devices to school. There isnt a technical and sometimes I have to stop my activities to help colleagues.
There are wlan spot to interference with each other, not allowing the connection. The line is protected only by a WPA password

Vasso Lalakidou, Greece

2016-11-28 14:01:28 UTC

In my school, there is a wireless connection to the internet only in 2 or 3 classrooms and no connection in the rest classrooms.

Alessandra Italy

alessandra_marini1 — 2016-11-28 14:09:50 UTC

in my school there isn't a lab technician.. there are only some good willing teachers with some knowledge of ICT who do all their best to solve any kind of problem.... sometimes there are problems with the Wi-Fi and there are areas of the school where the signal is not good at all

Veerle, Belgium

2016-11-28 14:14:31 UTC

All schools have a business broadband connection 200Mb down, 20 Mb up, but for a small school this is a considerable cost! 2 Schools have a seperate firewall: a fortigate 40C, but the troughput of the device is in fact to low! One type higher is not affordable. The other school has a linuxserver that acts as a private-server gateway. If you want you systems to be representable to this century, schools need more financial suport! Our governement doesn't calculate these costs!!!

Luis, Perú

2016-11-28 14:18:50 UTC

Here I have a 25MB connection p2p. Like this school its new only have 4 classes. We have Wi-Fi, well the signal its not good in many times

Stratos / Greece

2016-11-28 14:49:11 UTC

This is like my school. Quite big and demanding in infrastructure.

Despoina Amarantidou, Greece

damarant — 2016-11-28 15:04:59 UTC

We use wireless connection in my school and it is quite speedy because of digital fibres.

Cristina, Romania,

2016-11-28 15:11:50 UTC

My school has both broadband and wireless connectivity in all the labs and classrooms.

Jan, Belgium

2016-11-28 15:21:45 UTC

I work for several primary schools in Ghent, Belgium. The City of Ghent established these schools. There are two networks; an administrative part and an educational part. The networks are managed by Digipolis, a semi independent organisation that manages all of the cities IT infrastructure. In addition the admin network is supported by Digipolis. The educational part is supported by me and my colleagues on other schools.
We have city services for maintaining our infrastucture as well. The fact that the cost for infrastructure does not affect our budget directly is a huge boon, on the other hand we are dependent of and sometimes curtailed byCity regulations (e.g. WIFI restrictions).
Our ISP contracts are also managed by Digipolis and are sufficient for our needs. We get the same quality of servive as the cities administration, can ask for upgrades when needed and generaly keep up with modern standards.

Nikoudis Nikolaos?Greece

nikos_2803 — 2016-11-28 16:06:30 UTC

Interesting.

Peter, Slovakia

2016-11-28 16:19:35 UTC

Our school connects to Internet via DSL at 8Mbps speed. This is the problem because we use cca 60 devices connected and using the internet. We also have full WIFE connections at our school which consists of three buildings. Now we are builiding another Internet connection using RADIO at 20Mbps speed.

Bijan, Bangladesh

bijanc — 2016-11-28 16:23:11 UTC

I like this systematic approach. We have future plan to ensue internet connectivity at all the schools. this case study will help me how to use internet effectively

Emiliana, Italy

emiliana_rufo — 2016-11-28 16:33:32 UTC

The school network is connected to the internet by LAN and WiFi. We have a speed of about 1,6 Mbps. So it is difficult to surf the internet by connecting more than 5-6 devices at a time. The access is protected by a password. The main challenge is the speed of our connectivity.

M. Glòria Sola, Catalunya

msola127 — 2016-11-28 17:02:12 UTC

At my school we have a wireless network covering the entire school system of 14 antennas distributed throughout the classroom. We had two connections, one for students and one with server acces for teachers

Peter , Ireland

pjbarry — 2016-11-28 17:03:27 UTC

In Ireland secondary schools are connected to a nationally managed Broadband service of 100Mbps. By an large its dependable service. We used have 17 wifi access points (AP's)and they were constantly being overloaded and needed to be power cycled. Recently we upgraded our AP's to Ubiquiti . We have now 21 points and they all are capaable of determining the best channel on which to broadcast. They are also dual Ghz as in 2.4 or 5.0 Ghz capable so we have a degree of flexibility. This new system is in place now for 3 weeks and has not needed any attention in that time. I would like to encourage teachers now to move off the server and into the "Cloud" using GSuite. There is a dependency on network folder resources not available remotely, when teachers go home.
By moving to the cloud we achieve 24hr access to shared resources from anywhere and also backup of all files/resources etc

Kristina, Croatia

kristina_krtalic — 2016-11-28 17:05:11 UTC

In main building we have 100Mbps connection, in district building 10 Mbps. In one part of the district schools we have a wireless network (access points).

Silvana Romio,Italy

silvana_romio — 2016-11-28 17:06:02 UTC

we have both LAN and WLAN connections that have been improved during last spring thanks to a national project we have applied and won. We have several access points around the school that allow for good WIFI connection at any place of the building. All classrooms are connected to the internet (this is essential for the use of the e-registry). We have an ICT technician but also an external society that helps us in managing the network and also hosts our website.

Claudia, Ecuador

2016-11-28 17:11:39 UTC

The school where I used to work has Internet access for teachers from 7:00 to 14h00. Students can connect only during recess time. Bandwidth is not of good quality to work in class and computers in the classroom are not connected to Internet. I have heard that this is the common setting in many schools in the city where I live.

Voicu Popescu Corina

2016-11-28 17:14:14 UTC

Interesting.

Cristina, Italy

cristinag — 2016-11-28 18:00:53 UTC

The main challenge is the speed of our connectivity

Gligomat

2016-11-28 18:39:08 UTC

The school network is connected to the internet by LAN and WiFi. The access is protected by a password.

Steven, Belgium

2016-11-28 18:40:54 UTC

We connect to the internet through BelNet, a research network in Belgium. We have high speed connection. The network is protected using multiple Dell SonicWalls. The connectivity is good, so no complaints there. Challenge is to have high speed wireless *everywhere*. Most people have multiple devices with them.

Kieran, Ireland

2016-11-28 18:55:56 UTC

I work in a secondary school we are connected to a Broadband service of 100Mbps. We use both LAN and wifi. Lately we are have issues with our LAN and the service drops during the day. I have to reset the switches to get the system back going. Our wifi system has a student and teacher network. The wifi is pretty good just some areas have a bad connection we hope to add more points to improve problem areas

Marta, España

2016-11-28 18:57:22 UTC

I work in a mountainous area of Spain. My school consists on five schools located in five different villages. In three of them we have connection via moden. In two others the connection is via satellite, which is very expensive and slow.

Tito Livio Filipe, Portugal

titoliviofilipe — 2016-11-28 19:29:53 UTC

Our internet has a great speed because it arrives by fiber to the School and all and network infrastructure has speeds of more than one gigabit we have even a school that this allowed us to put the video projectors also in the network as well as telephones by ip

Marilena. Italy

2016-11-28 19:49:59 UTC

I work in a school connected both by Lan and Wifi. Unfortunately the connection is not so speed and in some areas the signal is weak. The access to the school network is protected by a password. The main challenge is supporting the connection when there are several devices working together.

Sara Viotti,Italy

2016-11-28 20:11:05 UTC

At my school, only the network of the principal building is connected using WIFi. In the other two, we dispose of a LAN connection. In both cases, connectivity is not speedy. In every classroom there is a PC. Many times we cannot connect to the web for problems and students arte not allowed to use the school connection for their devices in the WIFi area. We, the teachers, neither can use the connectivity of LaN network in secondari building s.

Caterina Fantini, Italy

cate_67 — 2016-11-28 20:35:05 UTC

My school is connected by WiFi. Connectivity is enough speed, but when all classes are connected, the signal is weak and computers don't work. TThe access to the school network is protected by a password.

Tassos, Greece

tkaragiorgos — 2016-11-28 20:41:19 UTC

Our school is connected to Internet via DSL using a Cisco Router. The router is remotely managed by a team which is responsible for the interconnection of most schools in Greece.

Pantelis Aravogliadis, Kimolos Greece

2016-11-28 21:28:38 UTC

Our School is connected to the Internet via a DSL connection using a Cisco Router. The ISP is the Hellenic School Network, which is administered by the Ministry of education affairs. Our main challenge to network connectivity is to manage to provide Internet access in any place of the School campus.

Greg, Ireland

2016-11-28 21:28:51 UTC

In common with other secondary schools in Ireland we have a 100Mbps synchronous connection which is maintained and monitored by HeaNet. There are different levels of filtering available and it is possible to split your network into 2 and apply different levels of filtering to each part. Filtering is applied using BrightCloud. Schools have no access to the Heanet hardware (Juniper & Ceragon) other than to plug in patch leads. Connection is robust and generally reliable - although just last week most schools in Ireland were without internet for entire school day - which highlights the need for backup connection if you rely heavily on the Cloud. We use Ruckus APs in the main academic block - with a few SSIDs. We have Ubiquiti in another part of the site, and even a few Meraki AP (lovely GUI). Would love to have automatic failover when primary internet connection goes down - at the moment I have to manually change the default gateway on the DHCP server and get clients to reboot in order to pick up backup connection.

Fernando Coelho/School case study 2

fernando_coelho — 2016-11-28 21:35:24 UTC

All the school we administrate (7) are connected to the Internet through Fiber optic, so the velocity in our vlan (inside the school is up to 1 Gigabit). The filtering and QOS for all school in Portugal is managed centrally by the goverment and we have garanteed downloads up to 64 to 100Mbps.
All the computers are connected using cable connection and we have several AP to deliver access to internet to students using wireless technology. We try to implement strong policies using servers with active directory users and permissions and hundreds of group policies also.

Donatella, Italy

dony_col — 2016-11-28 21:43:01 UTC

My school is connected by WiFi. Teachers use Wifi instead students work in Lab.
Computers in Labs are connected to the internet via DSL and student access is filtered. Connectivity is weak and when all students are connected, the signal is too weak and computers don't work.

The main challenge is the speed of our connectivity.

Noel Falvey Ireland

2016-11-28 21:49:38 UTC

We connect to the Internet through a company called Heanet. There are 6 different levels of filtering. Level 1 is the strictest. You can choose the level that suits you. We use Level 5. We have 12 prefabs as part of our school. We initially had a wireless connection but now have invested in a wired one, which is more reliable. Our main issue would be the Wireless strength which is a bit hit and miss.

Alexandros, Greece

ale3andro — 2016-11-28 21:51:56 UTC

Our school connects to the internet through and DSL line. It's the Greek School Network that provides the connections and offers some content filtering and many web services for teachers and students. This is very convenient.
Inside the school all the classes have wired connection to the main switch. We have recently installed some wireless access points for the teachers to use.

Ana, Spain

deptecinfo — 2016-11-28 22:08:21 UTC

In my school we have a router that connects to Internet using fibre, with a speed of 1Gbps.
We have installed 9 Wireless Access Points with an integrated software that allows us to block users with non authorized MAC's. Before buying these WAP's, we had 15 different WAP's and I had to manage security in each Access Point, which was really impossible.
Our main challenge now is that we have almost 300 netbooks, distributed in 10 netbookcases, one for each class, and when teachers are working with a class using the 30 netbooks, we have problems with conectivity (some of the netbooks can't connect). We are studying if it is a problem of the Access Point, or of the WIFI in general.

It is interesting to note how dependent on internet connectivity schools are becoming - hundreds of devices are mentioned in some of your remarks. This demands investment in ever more expensive infrastructure and begs the question 'is it possible for a teacher to maintain while also teaching her subject full-time?'

gerardlogue — 2016-11-28 22:27:55 UTC

Josep, Catalonia

josep_garriga — 2016-11-28 22:38:29 UTC

We have 4x30MbpsDownlink/1MbpsUplink VDSL connection to the Internet, and planning to switch to a symmetric 300Mbps fiber connection to provide our 300+ hosts. The main issue nowadays is the uplink speed, provided that we have a web-based managing solution for the school and are in need of constant uploadings. With the advent of the fiber, we hope that will be solved.
The WiFi network is running on enterprise AP solution with automatic roaming and centralised management.

Pietro Blu, Italy

2016-11-28 23:02:21 UTC

We have a decent ADSL connection of nominal 20MB in DL and 256kbs in UL, and a mixed cable wi-fi network that serves about 30 computers and 90 teachers tablets. The wi-fi is made of 5 AP in a building and only 3 in the other, with DHCP assignment of IP to the devices.
We are about to realize a proper wi-fi network with Ministry funding, to achieve a total coverage of the school. We also have an optical fiber connection that the Apulia Region brought to all the schools with European funding.
So, we have good opportunities to boost our networks and improve the connectiviity of both teachers and students.
The most challenging aspect that we have to face up is students connectivity. We actually don't allow them to use wi-fi school connection because we haven't tools to control the bandwidth, so if they begin for instance to stream videos from youtube they easily fill up the bandwidth.
The wi-fi password is known only by the teachers and other sschool staff, but I'm forced to change it often because sometime it leakes out ;)
With the new connection infrastructure we are about to realize I have the objetive to let students connect to wi-fi but control the traffic in some way.
I hope to have some good suggestions about this right from thi course

Declan, Ireland

declan_p_donnel — 2016-11-28 23:03:54 UTC

Our filtering, firewalls etc. are managed centrally which is great. Our internet connection delivers a consistent 80Mbps down/ 20 up. We have a centrally managed wireless system which was recently installed and still needs a bit of 'tweaking'. The problems can arise when you have over 30 machines logging on at the same time. In the classrooms we also have some terminals using N-computing. They work well.

Giuseppe, Italy

2016-11-28 23:11:16 UTC

Broadband Connection is totally inadequate

Pietro Blu, Italy

pgiando — 2016-11-28 23:29:31 UTC

Xisca, Mallorca (Spain)

2016-11-29 08:55:59 UTC

Michal, Slovakia

2016-11-29 09:33:12 UTC

Our only connectivity to Internet is 10/0,5 Mbps ADSL. We have some Cisco ASA box from our ISP but nobody knows what it do. So most work do firewall on main router and application firewalls on servers. My last project is 100% wifi coverage in school (in this time maybe 60% done).

Jenny Plesnik, Slovenia

2016-11-29 10:10:12 UTC

In our school we have 1Gbs optic connection to the internet. We were part of government project caled IR optic and all the infrastructure was updated to fiber optic. The internet provider Arnes manage our router and filtering the traffic on net. There is about 150 devices conected to the lan, computers, laptops, printers, phones. The wifi is on 100Mbs speed. All the equipment is stored in two big network cabinets. My job consist to take care of all equipment and conections stored in those cabinets. I manage also the users on Eduroam network. Our lan is divided in two wlans, administrative and pedagogical. We are satisfied with performance of our network.

Set up

2016-11-29 11:10:50 UTC

Our school connects from a cisco router which feeds three internal switches and follows on down to the classroom access points and wireless routers. Our three switches are 1gb switches but our internet connectivity is around 15mb p/s. There are over 183 devices serving 500+ students and 50 full time staff. Our cisco router acts as a firewall and internally we run a cloud intranet meaning we filter access through password protected sites. We also run under the heanet system which filters content for students.

Koldo, Spain

koldo — 2016-11-29 11:18:57 UTC

For the last two months we have two access to Internet, the broadest one is fibre 1Gbps and the other one fibre 200 Mbps. However this is not the standard in schools in my country. We have our own firewall protecting the system.

The main challenge is to give a good service through WiFi connections. We are updating our switch infrastructure from 100M to 1G and WiFi antennas. We had a big crisis for some time when some school departments started using laptops, we didn’t foresee the problem and we have been investing in hi-capacity antennas for the last two years.

Maggie, Ireland PRIMARY

mleonard10 — 2016-11-29 11:39:12 UTC

The Schools Broadband Programme provides an integrated set of services to schools which includes broadband connectivity, and hosted services including content filtering, webhosting-blogging and security services including anti-virus control and a centralised firewall.
We also invested in some wifi routers which we use for laptop trolley and tablets.

Fina Daniela Lombardo, Italy

danielsanlombardo — 2016-11-29 13:20:45 UTC

we have many connection problems

The school network is connected to the internet by LAN and WiFi. We have a speed of about 1 Mbps. 
It's impossible use the internet for teaching

Lidia, Romania

2016-11-29 14:19:03 UTC

In my school we have a conection through cable and other through Wi - fi , 15 Mbs, is not too much, but the students use just the conection through cable , no wi-fi, we don't have a good protection for this. The students don't use facebook, just youtube to post some documentary movies.

Nehir ÇABUKER

nehircabuker — 2016-11-29 14:36:20 UTC

In my school there is only one modem, we have pc lab but not enough pc inside it. Although we try to do main excercices about our lessons and also projects by using those pc's. Unfourtunatly our internet connection is weak.

Luís Figueiredo - Portugal

2016-11-29 16:33:21 UTC

In my school we have an fiber internet access with 100/100 MBPS (down/upload) of speed. We also have wi-fi in the entire school. And we also have network with cat 6 cable in the entire school. The cable network it Works at 1 Gbps of speed. All this is managed by an external company. All this solution and payments are provided by the Portuguese government and work fine, excepts in the internet speed. To try not run out of internet, i instaled two Proxy servers. One to ICT classrooms and other to students network in the rest of the school. This proxy servers only down the internet velocity to 40 Mbps. Teachers and other staff have access of 100 Mbps. Synce i installed this solution, the internet access are fine.

Koen, Belgium

themaser — 2016-11-29 17:56:53 UTC

Last year we changed the router/firewall to OpenSource software pfSense and are very happy with thos configurations. The internet connection has a 240Mbps down and 30Mbps up, but we are waiting for a fiber connection with faster upload. Looking FWD!

elena

emaccari — 2016-11-29 17:59:49 UTC

we have a server and a firewall
we have switches at some floors
we have connection problems
we hve a high ppede connection but sometimes too many devices are connected (notebooks, tablets, phones) and the internet connection crashes

Isidoro

2016-11-29 18:02:40 UTC

Hi there, my school has a good infrastructure used by teachers and students.
We are also improving the speed and we are working for a common policy.

Francesca, Italy

f_borrelli1 — 2016-11-29 18:53:48 UTC

In my school, we havewireless connection to the internet.

The school network is connected to the internet by LAN and WiFi.

Luis Orbaneja, Spain

luisorbaneja — 2016-11-29 19:45:53 UTC

We are connected to the Internet through a 3G line. Hopefully it will be upgraded this year to 4G and maybe in a few years to a proper broadband connection, adequate to our school, with 500 pupils and many computers.
Our WiFi has to be improved as well, as we have some shadows in the main building. We also have a mini server to serve resources in the intranet. Looking forward to thinking big. We haven't got an IT technician. I have to deal with all the problems that constantly arise.

Alessandro Ruffino /Italy

2016-11-29 20:41:59 UTC

In my school the classrooms are all wired, in each class there is a LIM with Internet so teachers can work using ICT, but we don't have fiber broadband so the internet connection is very slow and to open web site or an App it's very difficult for us. Now, government has provided the possibility to connect to the broadband but we must wait a year before to have it.

Toby Oyugi

2016-11-29 20:53:35 UTC

We have fibre connection with a mickrotik router to filter content

Juan José, Spain

2016-11-29 21:34:45 UTC

In my school we have two networks: one is wired for desktop computers in classrooms and teachers' rooms and the other is a WIFI network for the use of laptops or mobile devices. The wired network has the proxy offered by the Community of Madrid and the WIFI network is free. In the case of both, the connection is very acceptable, almost 100mbps The Wi-Fi network is password protected. The main challenge I have to face in web connectivity is to properly locate the problem when some device stops working properly, as I do not have technical training in networks.

Ivan, Ireland

ivanomahony — 2016-11-29 21:50:38 UTC

We have access to 2 networks: one is wired for desktop computers in classrooms and teachers' rooms and the other is a WIFI network for the use of laptops or mobile devices.
The Wifi is password protected and not generally used by the students. The speed in mbps I'm unsure of but it is certainly fast enough for all teaching needs encountered to date. However the filtering is quite restrictive with no access to YouTube etc.

Annalisa, Italy

adipierro — 2016-11-29 21:52:14 UTC

In my school there are 2 networks, one wired and one wireless, the network is protected by a password that only the teachers and some classes have got.
The school is very big with many laboratories and the gym outside the main building so there are a lot of hotspots to expand the signal, sometimes the connection is slow, because all the teachers use a netbook as register. All the classrooms have a TV with the internet connections and some classrooms have an IWB, so who wants can teach in a digital way.

Angiolino Chiappetta

2016-11-29 22:50:39 UTC

My school has a cabled and a wireless LAN, the network is protected by a password and there is also a filter.
The school has many laboratories, all the
classrooms, around 40, are equipped with IWBs
but the connection is slow(2MB), teachers are connected simultaneously,
they use an electronic class register and digital books during their lessons.

Aurora, Madrid

2016-11-30 05:33:08 UTC

In my school, we have wired and wiredless networks (one for desktop computers, the other for mobile devices, specially iPads). The internet connection is password protected and filtered. Of course, we have technical problems which are really annoying as you usually count on technology to prepare yor lessons or to work in the classrooms.

Vanesa

2016-11-30 07:56:11 UTC

In our school we have e-registers so every classroom has a wire connection. We also has wireless but this is my biggest problem because wireless connection is very bad so it is difficult to use it for lessons. My next goal is to have Interactive board

Ispir Iuliana-Florentina, Romania

2016-11-30 08:18:21 UTC

We are connected to the Internet through a cable company. We are connected to a central modem and from there, the wires go to each of the ten classes and accounting. We do not have a manager in the unit, so whenever we have problems with the Internet, call the company's operators. Access is unlimited for teachers, children only have access to educational materials and designs. The speed is quite high, but we face the problem of outdated computers that do not perceive the level at which it is transmitted.

Federica Biglino

2016-11-30 08:36:06 UTC

My network connection is low, there are some problems about the municipal wiring and other into the school. We have got a wifi connection and some students have the password in their mobile. I allow the use of internet in classroom throughout computers but not phones. There's no way to control the use of the net outside school. We don't have got any IC technician and we can't hire anyone, so why I'd like to understand what I can do to improve my school IC technology.

Pepe, España

seminariocervantes — 2016-11-30 09:19:36 UTC

In my school we have two networks: one of them is wired for desktop computers and the other one is a WIFI network for laptops and mobile devices. Both of them are protected by a password offered by JCCM (Junta de Comunidades de Castilla-La Mancha). I ussualy face in connectivity.

Constantinos, Cyprus

ckalapodas — 2016-11-30 09:29:27 UTC

As previously mentioned our school has a setup that is more or less similar to the one described above. We have a main server room and other small switch rooms with patch panels to accommodate the school network. All points are connected through fiber wiring. Our internet is filtered centrally by the Ministry and is sufficient for any activity in the school. We are in the process of installing wireless internet for everyone in this coming year.

Dimitris, Peiraias-Greece

dagelidakis — 2016-11-30 10:08:31 UTC

My school is connected to the Internet via three DSL connection lines using TPLink Routers. These routers are connected to a TPLink Multi-WAN router, which is responsible for the bandwidth load balance and for the high availability of the Internet access. The ISP is the Hellenic School Network, which is administered by the Ministry of Education Affairs and the speed of the DSL connections are 24Mbps. The school LAN consists of distribution cabinets placed in secure places in each floor, in which we installed the appropriate patch panels and switches. The speed of the internal network is gigabit. Also, there is a secure server room with 2 servers and the central distribution cabinet. The role of the first server is file server, print server, proxy server and firewall. The second server is a mail server. The most of the classrooms have IWBs or laptops connected to video projectors. Also, there is WiFi connection with the use of the appropriate Access Points and with different SSIDs for teachers and students. The students use the WiFi only in specific cases for secure purposes.

Maria Chiara Pepe

menone2003 — 2016-11-30 10:44:37 UTC

In my school we are connected to a central modem and through a wi-fi amplifier we have connection in the whole building. We can access with a password, but I know this is not enough to protect our connection, because all the students know it. We don't have a computer technician and so I would like to know more to improve the computer security.

Theodore, Greece

2016-11-30 11:04:01 UTC

My school is part of the Panhellenic Schools Network, which is administered by the Ministry of Education. We are connected to it via our local Metropolitan Area Network (MAN) using fiber. We have a high speed connection to the internet (up to 70Mbps) but there isn't any means of extra hardware security like proxys or firewalls implemented in our school. The school networked is spread around the whole school either by cable or wifi. The later is password protected.
We rarely face networking or connectivity problems and only in few situations where the problem is outside my knowledge domain, then I refer to my local office of technical support.

Reinhard Strobl, the Tyrol

reinhard_strobl — 2016-11-30 11:17:36 UTC

We've got one central connection that provides all clients. We built up a wifi system as well, but it takes speed from the ethernet. We only have got 32 mbits but nearly 100 computers. But they aren`t always used at the same time

Florian, Switzerland

flobru — 2016-11-30 12:12:38 UTC

Our school is connected by one central fiber connection which has got 1Gbit/s. Since we have 4 different networks (LAN; WLAN for Teachers, WLAN for Students, WLAN for Administration) the speed upgrade was very useful.
The whole Network is protected by a firewall which is managed by the same company that manages the server and the Wireless Routers.

Francesca. Italy

francesca_lombardi1973 — 2016-11-30 13:21:21 UTC

In my school we have a LAN cable at the first floor and a wi-fi connection at the second one. We’ve got 5 laptops (one in each classroom) protected by a password and just one interactive whiteboard in the school building. My big problem is the wireless connection because it isn’t very good.

Rita Scanga ,Italy

2016-11-30 14:42:31 UTC

In my school network is connected to the internet by LAN and WiFi wireless. I'm not a technical but i have passion for ICT. I enrolled in this course to learn more. I can write little in english, there may be errors, excuse me!

Emilienne, Belgium

2016-11-30 15:00:22 UTC

The network is connected to the internet by Lan en WiFi. The connection speed is often low because we still use very old desktops (max. 100 mps but in practice around 30 mbps). Newer devices have a better performance. We tried to replace the old devices (routers, swithces)

Cristina Moreira, Portugal

2016-11-30 15:07:41 UTC

We have fiber internet access at 100 mbps. The network uses cat 6 cable that supports 1 Gbps of speed. We have support from an external company. The network solution is similar in all public portuguese schools and is provided by the government. The network is structure in vlans and works well. The internet speed could be better – the bandwith is shared by many schools.

Thanassis, Greece

afloros — 2016-11-30 15:33:02 UTC

Since "Theodore, Greece" gave the big picture of the school networking in Greece I' ll stay in my school borders and say that our real internet speed is about 12 Mbps, we don't deal with security matters and when we have problems these come from outside and concern the schools of a whole region. My current challenge is to set up a web server but I face some problems with IPs, since I don't use a Cisco router that my technical support team proposes.

Eleftheria, Greece

elefki1 — 2016-11-30 16:24:25 UTC

Our network is well described by "Theodore, Greece" and "Thanasis, Greece". I should say that I have no experience in network infrastructure, so it remains a huge challenge for me to set up a server or even a whole lab!!!
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Miroslava,serbia

mirnik16 — 2016-11-30 16:31:53 UTC

My school is connected to the Internet via three ADSL connection lines using TPLink Routers.We connect to the Internet through a company called Telekom Serbia.
The network is connected to the internet by Lan en WiFi. The connection speed is often low because we still use very old desktops (max. 100 mps but in practice around 30 mbps).

Rui, Portugal

2016-11-30 16:58:11 UTC

Like Cristina Moreira, I work in a portuguese school. It explains very well how our internet network works.

Lynda, Ireland

2016-11-30 18:15:23 UTC

Like other schools in Ireland we have a centrally maintained and monitored broadband service (HeaNet)
Connectivity speed is generally good, reliable and fast (100Mbps) On a daily basis I do not have to deal with any connectivity problems.
We have 4 Ubiquiti wifi points in staffroom, SEN suite and science labs. We were considering expanding it throughout the school but shelved due to cost involved. However there is a plan for government funding which should become available very soon.
Security and content filtering is also provided for centrally as part of the HeaNet 100Mb broadband for schools scheme

José María Díaz, Spain

josemaria_diazfuentes — 2016-11-30 18:42:59 UTC

In my school there are two networks: one for teachers and offices and another for students. The area of offices and the computer room are connected by cable, while for other teachers the connection is via WIFI. In fact we have four separate areas: offices, computer room, teachers WIFI and students WIFI. Until we have everything safe, we have gone through a several complicated years with a lot of changes.

Aleksandar, Serbia

2016-11-30 20:44:40 UTC

In my school there are two networks: one in computer lab and another for administration. Students don't have permanent internet access, only during classes in computer lab. Network isn't filtered. Connection is slow , about 10Mbps shared among 30 stations. The main challenge is traffic filtering.

Dr. Md Ismail M, India

mdismail23456 — 2016-12-01 06:30:40 UTC

In our college we earlier have broadband with just a speed of 512 kbps, often resulting in very slow networking. Now upgraded to fibre optics with very high speed of connectivity(100mbps). All network has to pass through filtering software utangle, which blocks unethical usage of network and do track almost every desktop activity irrespective of faculty or students accessed.

Tim Gayton - Sweden

timgayton — 2016-12-01 13:56:11 UTC

Fibre 1Gbit/s internet - around 300 euro/month cost. Sufficient good wifi access points is essential.
Small school of 200 students so currently use an almost server-free solution that is low security but simpler to run.
Otherwise there comes a choice between lots of down-time or paying for lots of IT support.

Gorky Angeles Villalba / Lima-Perú

2016-12-01 15:49:12 UTC

Our high school has access to the Internet through an ADSL connection with speed of 2Mbps. To protect the network from the outside we use a PROXY server.
The main challenge is to improve network cabling according to the ANSI / TIA / EIA-568 standard and also increase the internet speed to an average of 8Mbps.

Andrea

andrea_citta — 2016-12-01 16:17:35 UTC

We have 2 networks, one for administration, the other for teaching. But, as we are a small city in central Italy, the maximux of band is 7Mbps. We are installing Wifi in all our buildings, and we have external technician to solve main problems. I try to solve most of them, as I was an ICT technician in the past, but it is difficult to be updated...
Hope we switch to otpic fiber soon...

Carmelo, Spain

2016-12-01 16:58:14 UTC

In our school we had a network and a router and that connects to Internet using fibre. We have installed 7 Wireless Access Points and we have filtered the devices with MAC.
Recently, we have made some changes and now, we have three routers and we are designing new cabling and there have been some problems at the beginning of the course that we are solving little by little with a lot of effort.

Pascal, France

pascalbuch — 2016-12-01 17:25:42 UTC

In our primary school wa have two servers, one connected to internet (a poor internet asdl 2Mb !) with firewall, squid proxy and so (children protection), another server to manage computers in classroom. We have also WiFi router to use with tablets. The main problem is internet connection... but we hope to get fiber when it will be available to your school... may be next year !

Alessandra Cannelli

irishwoman26 — 2016-12-01 18:23:35 UTC

In our vocational school we have a very slow connection , no fibre that will come next year. The problem I am encountering is that the principal doesn't want us teachers to use wifi with students, so that I am obliged to use students' mobiles. Our computers are used only for the e-registry and this is really absurd. I am in charge of the training and of the implementation of the use of the net but in these conditions it is really hard.

Rickie, Ireland

2016-12-01 19:38:24 UTC

I work in a second level school and similar to the other second level schools in Ireland our internet is managed by a central provider. We have a lan network and also have wireless aps in each class room .The company set the wireless system using mac filtering so I can easily add or remove devices as needs arise.

Trevor, Ireland

2016-12-01 20:41:25 UTC

We seem to have a good crowd in from Ireland. We too have a 100Mbps synchronous connection which is maintained and monitored by HeaNet. There are different levels of filtering available. Filtering is applied using BrightCloud. We sometimes have problems with not having enough IP addresses

John, Ireland

jmw1 — 2016-12-01 21:42:03 UTC

Similar to most of the other Irish contributors we have a 100Mbps connection provided by HeaNet. They filter the content and manage the connectivity so challenges tend to relate to connecting local PCs to the network. In our building each classroom has 4 network access points with a wired connection for the teacher PC. We bring laptops to the room and connect an AP to one of the network points and turn the room into a hotspot as required. Also we have implemented Wi-fi on an ad hoc basis in certain areas of the building using Cisco APs

Maria Panou/ Kalymnos, Greece

maria_themelis — 2016-12-01 21:53:28 UTC

In our Junior High School we have 9 classrooms. The 5 of them have interactive boards, laptom and projector with connection wireless internet at a good level of access. We have the opportunity to teach by internet and it's very useful. The two of the boards and laptops/projectors we've earned by our hands, as we knitted scarves and caps and bought them. We 've also collected the olive olive oils of our school yard and bought part of them. This year we will do the same to add some new ones for other classrooms they haven't already digital tools. It's very eomotionally nice for teaching such students!

Rossana Maglia, Italy

Rossana55 — 2016-12-01 23:18:22 UTC

I can say my school is well equipped with technological devices. We was a Pilot school, so we received netbooks for a whole class, the we was part of Generation Web Project of our region, Lombardy and consequently we received some grants to implement the connectivity both wired and wifi. We had also the possibility to buy IWB in almost all the classrooms, So, now the majority of teachers are trying to do their best to use technology in their lessons.

Georgios, Greece

2016-12-01 23:46:26 UTC

I work in a Technical School and as other Greek colleagues aforementioned here the ISP that is responsible for providing network services to schools is the Greek School Network (under the auspices of the Ministry of Education). My school is connected to the Internet via the city's MAN with a speed of 100Mbps (powered by a Cisco router). The school has 5 IT labs with 12 PCs each. The PCs in their majority run on Windows OS and some of them run Ubuntu Linux as well. There is a stand-alone lab as well, that is consisted solely by laptops. Each IT lab has its own administrator, who is responsible for his/her computing equipment consistency. Every lab has its own network infrastructure based on star topology, supported by a router. There is a slight problem with the Wifi service provided and the signal propagation to the classrooms (school building occupied a vast area). In general, school teachers are satisfied by the network services provided in my school.

Francesco Boffoli, Italy

babelemultilab — 2016-12-02 09:03:37 UTC

In our school, until last year there was a common internal network both for the administrative offices than classrooms. Internet connection was provided by an external provider with a standard ADSL connection. The bandwidth was insufficient and often the system crashed and blocked the access to the web, or was so slow as to be unusable. This year we have redesigned the network using a connection with high-speed fibre, we installed modems WiFi covering all areas of the building, we have separated the administrative network from teaching for safety reasons, given an ID and a password access to all users to be able to tag network access. Now things are much better.

Andrés Egea, Sp

2016-12-02 10:05:01 UTC

In my primary school in Andalusia the connection is provided by a standard adsl provider. The speed is not too good, about 10Mbp. The access from outside is protected by a physical firewall installed in the servers room and it's controled by our regional authorities. I cannot make changes on it. The main challenge is the speed. Too many computers for a very slow connection

Costas Moschonas

2016-12-02 11:39:49 UTC

In my school the internet connection is made by an adsl modem of 24Mbps. There are minor problems with the connectivity

Jesusi

jexuxim — 2016-12-02 13:00:16 UTC

In our school we had a network and a router and that connects to Internet using fibre optic. We have installed 20 Wireless Access Points and we have filtered the devices with MAC.
Recently, we have made some changes and now, we have three routers. And our conectin is now 100Mbps.

Segovia, Spain

2016-12-02 14:03:38 UTC

We have two optic fiber 300Mbps connections managed by a Mikrotik router wich controls bandwidth use. We have cooper cables up to 1000Mbps and Wifi on all our three buildings using Ubiquity hardware. Our main challenge is mantaining lots of very old computers and renew it using low budget.

Habip, Turkey

habiparvas — 2016-12-02 14:39:46 UTC

Having fiber is the most important step for IWT lessons.

PA, Portugal

rolo_paula — 2016-12-02 15:50:53 UTC

My school has a optic fiber 100Mbps connections managed by a router. We have some network racks that distribute the signal for all school building.

Pavlos Pantelidis, Greece

ppantelid — 2016-12-02 17:55:49 UTC

Luckily my school is connected to the Internet through fiber optic cable, so its quite fast. We have router embedded firewall for protection. There are also AP for wifi internet for the teachers. Apart from wirelless there is also in every class wired connection to the teachers laptop

Chiara, Italy

2016-12-02 17:58:03 UTC

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Chiara, Italy

2016-12-02 17:58:04 UTC

In our institute things are still quite "old". We're trying to renew our network but we're connected to our town administration who have given us money support years ago just to start. For any little change we have to ask them...So things are quite stuck

Lara R. - Italy

rollo_lara — 2016-12-02 19:10:18 UTC

n my institute, this year, the situation is changed and so is better than last years. We have a new internet connection, so we have less problem to navigate on the web. Unfortunately our computer lab has very old PCs.

Daniela C. Italy

invernizzifam — 2016-12-02 19:53:52 UTC

In my Institute there are 11 different schools; each one of them has its own situation about network, but noone of them can count on fiber connection (in our villages the fiber is not supposed to arrive for a long time). We only have adsl connections with no more than 3-4 Mbps, so it's often difficult to work with IWB and computers. My next step will be trying to improve this situation and to understand what kind of firewalls and antivirus software are in each school, so to improve the security of networks.

Stefy, Spain

estefania_lamas — 2016-12-02 20:19:34 UTC

In our Public Primary School we have a ridiculous 2Mbps connection, and a few wireless acces points, so, as you all can imagine, working with de the web is maddening... The school is in a rural zone and the service provider has no other offers...

Marek, Poland

2016-12-02 20:45:52 UTC

Public primary school - internet access 20Mbps. We don't have any extra protection tools. Router firewall, Wifi paswords and mac filtering.
I have to manage each AP individually, there is no central managing.

MariaTeresa, Italy

mteresa196 — 2016-12-02 21:17:11 UTC

In my school this year the situation is better than last years. We have a new internet connection, so we have less problem to navigate on the web. Our machines, laptops and smart board are connected but sometimes Internet doesn't work. We are working about safety .

Kondylo Glarou/Greece

seagullitsa — 2016-12-02 22:09:09 UTC

In my school we have an ADSLmodem of 24Mbps, a router firewall and passwords. Wifi is limited only in the computer lab and teachers’ office. Students and classes don’t have access. That's a big problem.

Ken W - UK

kitkatninja78 — 2016-12-03 08:57:22 UTC

In our multi-academy trust, 3 of our schools connect directly to the internet, with the 4th connecting to the internet via the main academy school.

Main secondary school: 200mbit fibre connection
1st Primary School: 80mbit fibre to the cabinet connection
2nd Primary School: 80mbit fibre to the cabinet connection
3rd Primary School: Connects to the internet via the main secondary

Protection is done via the firewall, using Microsoft System Center Protection, using various bespoke GPOs and using 3rd party software such as Impero.

The main challenge we currently face with network connectivity is our wireless network which is old and only covers approx 80% of the site.

Laura, Rome

2016-12-03 09:52:47 UTC

In my IC there are 4 schools, but only 1 is connected. So, for example, even if we have some IWB we use them us screens.

Milan / Czech

mtal — 2016-12-03 09:54:44 UTC

We live in regional capital which runs metropolitan area network (fibre).
High schools are connected to this MAN with speed 100+ Mbps.
Each school is responsible of internet gateway with all security measurements (firewall, QoS, content filtering, spam filter etc.)

Mara, Italy

maraguanella — 2016-12-03 10:29:22 UTC

My school is connected to the internet through ADSL between 20 and 30 Mbps
The teachers use everyday personal device connected to the network for the Institute. Authentication of wireless network access is done through password. It is not yet activated a firewall that protects the internal LAN.

Elisabetta, Italy

e_pignatelli — 2016-12-03 10:32:03 UTC

The net in my school does not work properly as we depend on the local administration network. we have a LAN protection, a set of passwords used locally and on the general system of navigation.

emma giurlani

egiurlani — 2016-12-03 13:45:12 UTC

since this year I'm in a new school and I do not really know exactly which kind of connecting system do we use but I know that there are two systems one for teachers and one for administration. We use different passwords to log in for class registrations or photocopy or if we have to log in to different labs . sometimes we have difficulties to access w lan if we are in some parts of the school. We have almost 1600 students and they cannot use w.lan independently.

Giuseppe

pep_granato — 2016-12-03 14:39:57 UTC

IAs I've written in the previous comment, in our school there's a quite good wireless network. IT rooms are also cabled but we sometimes complain about the connection speed. We also would need a tecnhician to resolve some daily issues, but it is impossible to hire one at the moment.

Ivo, Portugal

2016-12-03 15:07:43 UTC

In my school we have a internal network that is connected to the main central access created by the government for all the schools. We have cable access and desktops in every classroom and wifi all over the school.

Robert, Belgium

2016-12-03 15:33:02 UTC

In my country, there is no official job for IT-coördinators. We just are teachers that have some more IT-knowledge and we get some hours to do the job. The number of computers, tablets, beamers and digital whiteboards are increasing but the 'IT-hours" we get stay the same...

Marinela,Romania

2016-12-03 16:55:39 UTC

Our school is connected to the Internet through a cable company by a central modem.The wires go to all school . We have an engineer of the system in the school, so whenever we have problems with the Internet,he can solve it or he call the company's operators. The access is unlimited for teachers, children only have access to educational materials and designs or something else when the teachers allows by a password. The speed is quite high, but we face the problem of outdated computers .

Arminda Pereira, Portugal

armindapereira1 — 2016-12-03 18:42:10 UTC

In my school, we have internal network that is connected to the main central access created by the government for all the schools. We also have wi-fi in the entire school. The internet speed could be better – the bandwidth is shared by many schools.

Jordi, Spain

2016-12-03 20:25:15 UTC

Our network works pretty well. We have two routers connected to a fibre modem. We have access points with a Barracuda contents filter covering every space in the building. The filter causes problems sometimes as it bannes content that should be open but teachers are used to test so whenever they need to show some content they found out browsing from home.
Fortunately, we have a person devoted to manage the infrastructure, including all kinds of hardware, printers, projectors and so on, so he takes care of the daily tasks whila I'm teaching

Fran, Spain

francasalf — 2016-12-03 21:00:41 UTC

Internet connection in our school depends a lot of the physical situation of the device. We have a 40MB broad band connection (normally working at 25 to 28MB of download speed), with a router that sends wifi signal to the users... but, even with wifi access points, and using PLCs to bring connectivity to the furthest classrooms, sometimes there is no network available. So this is the main challenge right now: guarantee the internet connection everywhere.
Another challenge is to find a person to manage the network, because in our school a couple of teachers know about educational use of ICT, but none of connectivity.

Paola, Italy

2016-12-03 22:47:50 UTC

My school has a cabled and a wireless LAN only in the main building. The network is protected by a password. Only Teachers canenter with a password. There are two laboratories and we also use an electronic class register. Connectivity is weak. The problem is that we don't have a person who can manage the network and all the problems related to it. But the main challenge is to obtain connection inthe other district schools.

Cristiana,Italy

anina4_1975 — 2016-12-04 05:11:49 UTC

In my school internet connection is so week that the 15 computers of computer lab can't use internet all together.
We only have two IWB and no laptop avalaible in the classroom

Laura, Romania

lauraaurelias — 2016-12-04 08:35:00 UTC

I am a teacher in two schools. One of them has a developed network but with outdated computers and we have a person in charge with all the issues. In the other school, there is a good connection (100 Mbps) but the network is build in a tiny lab with a switch and a faulty wiring. No problems with internet connection, but a lot with the space.

Lorena, Italy

2016-12-04 09:13:32 UTC

my school is divided in 7 parts; the 4 main buildings has a cabled and a wireless Lan; in the other sides we are providing. The network are protected by a password.The number of computers, tablets, beamers and digital whiteboards are increasing by Pon.
the main challenge right now is guarantee the internet connection everywhere.

Victoria. Spain

vacasvictoria — 2016-12-04 09:45:22 UTC

Our school has two floors, with a lot of classrooms. We have internet conection in each classroom nowdays and wireless conection too. We have internet conection by wire in all the class and it works well, but the wifi is no the same, because when our students learn with tablets, the conection do not work well.

Lia from Italy

lia_molini — 2016-12-04 09:59:06 UTC

I teach English and ICT at Primary school. I try to integrate technology into my activities everyday. I say "I try" because sometimes it is very hard to do it! This year connection is very well in every class and very fast. In my school there is a password for the WiFi that only teachers know. In my school the problem is not the connection but... the devices!

Stefanos, Thessaloniki Greece

smerliao — 2016-12-04 11:23:34 UTC

Two main buildings, one has the 6 computer labs, ADSL connection , 2 lines, bun not fast enough. This is one of the problems when all labs are occupied from students. Wifi only in certain areas.

Grazia, Italy

2016-12-04 12:17:48 UTC

I teach in a primary school, It's a comprehensive institute with two schools complex.
Last year my school participated to FESR Pon for WIFi and LAN to improve the WI FI. At the beginning of the school year we had a lot of problems, now seems that the intenet navigation is better.
The problems are coused by password to access, by filters and by software not updated and by reluctance of my colleagues.

Mateja, Slovenia

2016-12-04 14:34:04 UTC

Our school connects to the internet with VDSL connection (20/4 Mbps). Unfortunately there is no fiber connection available in our town. Sometimes we have problems with connectivity speed (too many computers accessing internet at the same time).
Each computer in our network has static IP number. IP numbers are assigned to us by ARNES (public institute that provides network services to educational organizations). WiFi is protected with password that is only avaliable for teachers and other employee and not for students.

Conexión segura

2016-12-04 16:03:22 UTC

Considero que es necesario, antes de empezar a navegar en internet, desarrollar en nuestro alumnado un sentido crítico hacia lo que se van a encontrar. Deben saber que en la red, se encuentran a parte de muchas verdades objetivas, muchas pseudoverdades o directamente mentiras envueltas en falsa ciencia.

Esther, Spain

2016-12-04 16:26:52 UTC

In our school there are three buildings. In the older one, at the beginning, there was no cable (the other two buildings are new, so the were built with the cable) we had to put cable through the whole building and we had a little network only for administration and offices. To access the network we had a phone line and a modem.

Quickly our technological needs grew, so we had to update our connection. We change the analogue connection to the digital one. We had ADSL. But with the same little network. Only a few cabled devices

Few years ago we had to expand the network to allow students to connect their devices. Nowadays there is a cable and Wifi network in each building. We had changed ADSL by fiber.

In the older building, we have 10 APs (access points) to meet the needs of teachers and students. All of them connect their devices (laptop, tablet…)

In the other two buildings we have four APs in each one. The needs are lower (only a computer in each classroom)

Clara ELizabeth Báez - Italy

2016-12-04 17:01:50 UTC

I teach in a secondary high school. Our school has 2 building, an the main building we have 3 computer labs and scientific. In every classroom we can use our interactive whiteboard with access to internet. I also use BYOD in class with the students that have acces in their mobile and the other use the IW

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2016-12-04 18:17:46 UTC

Are Bo, Xanthi

2016-12-04 18:17:48 UTC

I would like to know what is the best solution for a network for 20 devices when there is no available telephone line.

Josep, Catalunya

2016-12-04 18:25:28 UTC

We have two buildings: primary and secondary building. In secondary school we have 3 lines of 100Mb with Internet provider and we offer connectivity to 450 students with their devices: tablets and laptops. The main challenge we face in dealing is to keep the network stability

Monica, Italy

MonicaP — 2016-12-04 19:01:22 UTC

My school network connects to the internet with a "banda larga" (large band) of 1 Gb (fiber connection). We protect access to the school outside with a long nonsense password and with the Mac Address of our pc and tablets. The main challenge we face in dealing with network connectivity is a "good connection" because we are 200 teachers and the school has 70 classrooms (1749 students). The wi-fi routers uses to block because of heavy usage. We have also remote services.

Petra, Slovenia

petra_dermota1 — 2016-12-04 20:15:05 UTC

One week ago, we were connected via cooper cable with 40/10 Mbps connection to the internet. We were part of govermental project called IR optic with 1 Gbps. Because we have 2 switches with 100 Mbps speed connection, we bought one 1 Gbs switch, so the teachers now have 1 Gbps speed connection. Our router and traffic filtering is now managed by the internet provider Arnes (Academic and Research Network of Slovenia). Our LAN network is divided into four V-lans, computer lab, administrative, pedagogical and guests.

Georgia, Greece

2016-12-04 20:31:41 UTC

My school network connects to the Internet through fiber optics at 100 Mbps.
There is only central protection through the organization that provides the school networking. Not sure what exactly.
The main challenge is covering all classrooms and other rooms and how to give access to the students during breaks only.
Wifi routers have been used for the first part. The second has not been solved.

Concetta, Italy

concetta_drago — 2016-12-04 21:26:59 UTC

My school network connects to the internet by VDSL connection (60-70 Mbps). Unfortunately there is no fiber connection available in our town. Sometimes we have problems with connectivity speed because too many computers are accessing internet at the same time.
The school network is protected from outside with a server firewall.

Fiona, Ireland

mshaydenpjp — 2016-12-04 21:29:39 UTC

Our school is connected to the internet via Wireless Broadband. There are WIFI routers in every second classroom which provides a signal strong enough for 2 classrooms back-to-back. Our connectivity speed is approx. 60-70Mbit/sec. The school network is password protected with a server firewall. The main challenge we have is the heavy usage of over 150 devices being used in the building at once. There can at times be problems with connectivity if all devices are trying to connect at the same time.

Lucia, Italy

2016-12-04 22:54:57 UTC

My school has a dual type of connection to the net. The first is via Ethernet cable and connects the classroom desktops (one per classroom) to the servers. The other is more recent and is wireless. We have 5 physical servers and a number of hotspots. The network is protected by passwords and is not very powerful (30Mbps), so when the students manage to get hold of a password and start connecting their mobiles, some classroom PCs start having problems...

Sophia Kakavoula

2016-12-05 08:44:39 UTC

Nafpaktos Greece
My school network connects to the Internet through a ADSL modem ,a router. A wi-fi exists only in the teachers office

Anna C. Italy

ciaramellaanna — 2016-12-05 10:10:32 UTC

My school has a wireless network connection, when, a few years ago they accommodated the Internet line all PC, fixed and portable, worked well but since a few years, there are problems for the connection. The network is password protected but not very powerful.

Nina, Italy

ninaraineri — 2016-12-05 10:57:56 UTC

My school network connects to the Internet through a ADSL modem ,a router. At the moment in our village are working for a fiber connection. Sometimes we have problems with connectivity speed.

In almost every classroom we can use our interactive whiteboard with access to internet. Sometimes there is not access. The wifi access is not open to all.

Slavica S

2016-12-05 15:28:07 UTC

In the village where I work there is wi-fi password protected network. There are just portable lap tops and there isn’t an interactive whiteboard. Often there is a problem with connection speed and stability. It is often difficult to have stable connection for many devices at the same time.

Lucia,Italy

2016-12-05 15:30:51 UTC

My school has a ADSL modem (20 mega) and Wi-Fi technology

Luz, Spain

cenmares — 2016-12-05 16:52:19 UTC

In our school we really don't have many problems with the connectivity. The network and the telephone services are provided by the same company. A wi-fi exists but sometimes it doesn't work in all the classrooms or spaces of the school.

Juan Luis, Spain

juanluis_saez — 2016-12-05 17:25:16 UTC

The network of our center is fiber connection through a router. We also have 2 WI-FI access points. In general, it works well although sometimes there are speed problems, possibly caused by hardware.

Concetta Carrano, Italy

concettacarrano — 2016-12-05 17:48:53 UTC

The school where I teach has a wify network. Access to the network is protected because the devices can be accessed via a transcribed code on vouchers. in the school complex there are two LIM, which work quite well with the Internet connection.

Patrizia, Italyu

patriziae6 — 2016-12-05 18:17:14 UTC

My school has a dual type of connection to the net. The first is via Ethernet cable and connects the ICT laboratory's computers to the server. The other is more recent and is wireless. The network is protected by password and is not very powerful. When the teachers start connecting the lims and their mobiles, some PCs start having problems.

Arūnas, Lithuania

arunas_pranaitis — 2016-12-05 19:27:33 UTC

Our school is part of LitNET (Lithuanian computer network of education and studies institutions). My school network connects to the Internet through fiber optics at 100 Mbps. I hope that will soon be done school renovation, and we`ll have comply with modern requirements :) https://padlet.com/arunas_pranaitis/mo1xdl8sklwn

Flavia, Italy

flavia_marcelli — 2016-12-05 21:15:43 UTC

My school network connects to the Internet via ADSL, the connectivity speed is 20 Mbps. We protect access to the school network from outside via a hardware firewall. The main challenge we face in dealing with network connectivity is represented by the inadequacy of the external structures.

Stuart, Ireland

2016-12-05 21:26:36 UTC

Our school has a 100Mbps synchronous connection which is maintained and monitored by HeaNet. There are different levels of filtering available. Filtering is applied using BrightCloud. This is all done centrally by the dept of education. We generally have very good speeds and the internet rarely goes down however in some areas of the school the internet is very hit and miss and often doesn't work. I think this is due to the cabling. We outsource our IT services but if a teacher is having trouble with connectivity etc I would usually be the first port of call and this is very time consuming.

Annica, Sweden

annica_svensson — 2016-12-06 07:29:41 UTC

Eirini Greece

eirini — 2016-12-06 16:21:43 UTC

My school network went through a lot of obstacles because the internet line in the area wasn't fast. Before 3-4 years the net renovated and now we are satisfied from the inernet acess in all rooms. We have candle connection and wireless. The provider is the greek school net and the security issues are up to them. The problem for us was the greek law thai it is not allowed to have wireless in primary schools. We use it illegally.

Lino Milita, Italy

2016-12-06 21:25:28 UTC

In the last two years, we have installed a network that handles all laboratories he administration offices. We have two servers. We have a dedicated network for the electronic register. Intranet for internal management, and Wan with the offices of the central administration.

Darina, Serbia

2016-12-07 09:35:14 UTC

We have Internet via VDSL from last year, the conectivity speed is officialy 50/2 Mb/s through Telekom Serbia.

Rachael, Spain.

raquelrubioruiz — 2016-12-07 11:13:51 UTC

In our school we are currently using both: wire and wireless connectivity. Due to the slowness of our connection, I´d dare say that it´s not very powerful, at 20-30 Mbps at most. As far as I know, our school network is protected from the outside by a firewall.
The main challenge we teachers usually face is network blocking due to the big amount of devices connected at a time. On the other hand, we also face problems with speed: it can take forever to upload photos on the school website.

viki dogani, Greece

2016-12-07 15:47:46 UTC

have problem with internet it's slow.

Giusi, Italy

giusiveca — 2016-12-07 16:04:58 UTC

My school has cabled and wireless Lan in all the building, but only this year. The network is protected by a password. The teacher have the password. There is a laboratory in each building with 20 computer. Children do not use their devices. In the classroom no LIM. Teacher use an electronic class register.

Inigo, Spain

inigogalo — 2016-12-07 21:45:19 UTC

We have quite a lot problems in my school: outside connexion problems, intranet problems and with the pupils´ computers. It´s a nightmare. So I want to learn to help the IT responsible of the school.

Conchi Fernández, Spain

cfdezmunin — 2016-12-07 21:46:16 UTC

The connection is 100 Mb, we have installed a firewall to protect the network, also the computers are frozen to avoid problems and a powerful antivirus is installed in all of them. The main problem is the lack of the service.

Mehmet Turkey

2016-12-08 07:57:41 UTC

Internet speed of my school 32 mb Because the internet network provided by the Ministry of National Education is used in all of the schools in Turkey, the Ministry of National Education provides a single benefit to internet security. At this point, we are having trouble with security. The disadvantage is that we do not have access to training videos on many video sites. Despite the fact that we distribute network connections to the classrooms, we are experiencing some slowness.

Rosa/ Italy

rosadilonardo — 2016-12-08 08:54:18 UTC

Rita, S Italy

scagliolaadelaide — 2016-12-08 13:22:38 UTC

My school has cabled and wireless Lan in all the building, but only this year. Due to the slowness of our connection, I´d dare say that it´s not very powerful, at 20-30 Mbps at most. The network is protected by a password. Every teacher has the password. There is a laboratory in each building with 20 computer. Children do not use their devices. In the classrooms there are Interactive White

Boards

Kleri, Greece

2016-12-08 15:50:21 UTC

We have almost nothing. In the library there is wireless internet but it is not very strong. There is a computer laboratory but the computers are very old and very slow

Alberto, Spain

2016-12-08 16:39:52 UTC

We have a CAT6 cable installation in all classrooms and school offices. In addition several APs provide wifi coverage throughout the school. The problem is the internet connection, we have a bandwidth of 2-4 Mbs.
We have no server. There are several subnets (students, administration ...) with passwords for wifi networks. All computers have passwords for limited users and for the administrator.

Sean Ireland

odonnellsod — 2016-12-09 08:29:14 UTC

We have 100mb/s internet. This is provided through the HeaNet service to Irish schools. We have gb ethernet switches installed with Cat5 cables servicing all rooms. We have installed enterprise quality wifi across the school, however we do not have the required density of access points to sustain 1-1 deployment. Each room in the school has a projector with apple TV and each teacher has laptop and iPad.

Rosa Italy

rosafiorenzaguidi — 2016-12-09 09:39:58 UTC

In my school we are connected with the wireless of the secondary school next to.

Marco, Italy

marco_lombardi1 — 2016-12-09 11:36:18 UTC

My institute is connected to the Italian network in ultra wide fiber X-Garr, with DF FE 100Mbps service, band 100.00 Mbps, it has firewall. The main challenge is surely to allow access to all users (teachers, pupils, administrative and technical staff) without compromising security.

For more informations link to https://gins.garr.it/info/site.php?id=2513

Dimitri, Georgia

dimitripo — 2016-12-09 12:44:07 UTC

Public primary school - internet access 20-30 Mbps. Router firewall, Wifi paswords and mac filtering.

I have to manage each AP individually, there is no central managing.

Manuela, Genoa - Italy

manuela_delfino — 2016-12-09 20:23:25 UTC

My institute in connecting to the Italian network in ultra wide fiber X-Garr, with DF FE 100Mbps service, band 100.00 Mbps. It is a new adventure; we hope to solve our problems (unstable and weak connection, not updated with the teachers' needs).

Sinéad, Ireland

2016-12-09 21:03:37 UTC

Like most schools in Ireland, our internet is organised centrally by the schools broadband service. Broadband speeds vary by location and we have a new fibre connection which gives us about 28mbps usually. It is filtered centrally and they provide a good phone service for dealing with queries. We have cat5 cabling and the main challenge is enabling wifi to improve the usage of a set of iPads which are shared throughout our school. At the moment we have been adding non enterprise level access points dotted around the school and coverage is patchy.

Nicoleta Radu, Romania

nicoleta_nicoleta2001 — 2016-12-09 21:59:51 UTC

In my school we are connected with the wireless of the secondary school next to.

cristina

cristinapeicuti — 2016-12-11 09:04:53 UTC

Liberato Mazzotta, Italy

2016-12-12 14:17:16 UTC

My school network connects to the Internet via a 2 Mbps connection, that's very low in 2016. Speedtest reports an actual value of 1.6! This is my challenge above all. We have 21 courses and about 500 students. In many classrooms there is an IWB with Internet access and there are two labs with 30 machines.. so, bandwith connection is totally inadeguate. The lan infrastructure is a star form. There are two separated subnets: one for administration and another for theachers and students. There are two firewalls that filter and protect the network; these devices, however, are old and are going to be changed with new one's more performing and with better possibility in filtering access and traffic from and to the Internet. In the last year I added to the wired network 10 AP Wifi only for teacher needs. They are simple AP and can only support few contemporary connections. The access is protected by wpa-2.

Evgenia, Greece

2016-12-12 18:54:59 UTC

The labs' computers are connected via LAN at the Internet. The teachers' computers or other digital devices can connect through WiFi. All computers have firewall and antivirus software. The connectivity speed is 2 Mbps.

Thomas, Austria

2016-12-12 19:41:17 UTC

we currently have a 30Mbit synchronous fiber connection. should be increased to 50Mbit soon.
Network is protected by a firewall and "secure box" taken care of it. it is run by our isp. main challenge is, that our bandwith is too slow.

Anamaria, Romania

anamaria_go — 2016-12-13 04:55:38 UTC

My school has a good speed of internet ( up to 1000 Mbps) only in the computer lab and in administrative office. But no WIFI in classrooms.

Afroditi Michailidi, Greece

2016-12-17 13:53:23 UTC

We connect to the Internet through the Greek School Network, the only provider allowed for schools. it offers a wide range of useful tools and the people working there do a wonderful job, but the infrastructure is not fit to handle the load of all the schools, causing numerous technical problems. As for the school setup it is as Enid describes it minus the technical staff, lab techician, clerical staff :-) only teachers to do the work in between lessons.

Charo JACA Spain

2016-12-17 19:52:43 UTC

Our High School has opitcal fiber at 100 Mbps. We have both wire and WiFi conections. We have different WiFi points access (for students and teachers)and different networks secretary, teachers, classes and students. We have a firewall drovided for the authorities that is set in most part of the network, to protect from cotents and atacks.
We have up to 500 students, 50 teachers, 30 classes with digital Boards , 15 departments with wired access and 3 informatic workshops.
The main problems are the speed access and the security filters that deny some contents.

Maria rita, Sicily

mrseminerio — 2016-12-17 20:47:26 UTC

Hi there,
in this moment in my school (i work in a school building not far from Central Institute) there isn't any connect to internet, but we are waiting for this

Alexandros Parousinas

theodoridou_sof — 2016-12-18 20:12:54 UTC

Greece

Our schools connect to the the Internet via GreeK School Network. We have a main computer network lamb that consist from router, switch, patch and computers- printers implemented with star topology. From this area begin all the others connections around the whole school.
Every computer has a firewall and an antivirus enabled.
Our connectivity for the moment, for my school, is a little bit low (2.8 Mbps) but the most time is stable.

Diana, Romania

dya_constantin — 2016-12-19 06:42:33 UTC

Our school has internet connection in the Informatics Laboratory.

Jeane de Fatima, Brazil

2016-12-20 16:37:07 UTC

I use the retroproject, record on a DVD and present.
I characterize the room as an incentive
We use wifi, there is no way to put a network to access in network by cables.

Mirela Epureanu, Romania

2016-12-20 17:44:47 UTC

Our school has both a wifi network which unfortunately doesn't manage to cover all the area of the school and a wire network within the labs. The connectivity speed is usually high enough. As far as protecting access is concerned, we do this by passwords only known by insiders. As a matter of fact, the main challenge we face is not related to the network connectivity, but to the outdated computers.

Jelena

jelenapro — 2016-12-22 16:52:08 UTC

Our school has both a wifi network which is accessable only for the teachers and staff and a wire network for stationary personal computers. The connectivity speed is usually high enough (about 1Gbps). We protect access to school network by passwords only known by insiders. The main challenge we face is attack from the outside (illegal attempts to connect to our network).

Profe Gabriela, Argentina

2016-12-24 11:06:14 UTC

The biggest problem I face every day is the saturation of the WI FI network. The school connects to the Internet through an external fiber optic service. The bandwidth currently hired is 10 Gb, which is very little considering that it is a school with a tuition of 600 students that require connectivity to work in the classroom.

Francesco M., Naples

francescomarotta — 2016-12-26 20:02:25 UTC

The connection to the Internet is the long-standing problem of my school. The two previous companies have provided a very slow link, and every attempt to enforce it failed. So to solve the emergency of the secretariat the head teacher added another link via satellite, because copper link was at it maximum speed. When a fiber connection was proposed, it was accepted enthusiastically, but it was another failure: the fiber arrived and stopped at the cabinet that was several hundred meters far from the school and continued with the same copper wiring. Now, after one-year street works we have the fiber to the building so, the week before Christmas, the final test measured over 50 Mbps. When we'll return to school we''ll measure the speed when all the users we'll be connected with the digital school register and Google Classroom.

Paolo F., Genoa.

pfasce — 2016-12-26 20:11:31 UTC

My institute is connected to the internet in ultra wide fiber. I don't know the speed connection, but technicians has just improved.
Our wifi is open to students with password and mac filter, and just with password to teachers.

Maria M., Naples

marilia_mascolo — 2016-12-26 20:22:56 UTC

At the moment my school is connected to the internet via adsl and the speed is very low, only 10 Mb/s max transfer speed, but the speedtest records a very lowest value.

When the teachers connect to the wifi the secretariat has many connection problems, so our wifi is not open to everyone, and only few pc in computer lab are connected.

My challenge actually is to have a better connection in order to let my colleagues use technologies in learning activities; so I urged the head teacher to have a connection via fiber.

The result is that only one of the three school complexes next month will have fiber connection, the others will be fiber wired as soon as the provider will upgrade the street cabinets.

Elísabet Benónýsdóttir, Iceland

2016-12-27 12:36:27 UTC

My school has both wire network and wi-fi network. The Wi-fi is divited for staff, students, school tablets, BYOD and guests. The school is connected through a fiber optic cable and at the moment the computer department is working on implementing new Ap's in order to make the Wi-fi better and more reliable for all the equippment used in the school

Betül, Turkey İn our School every class has projection and a TV. İnternet connection is ok but dealing with cables tires me. As an English teacher İ sometimes use TV connected to desktop. I really want to improve my technological knowledge. We have education informatics Technology used in schools with smartboards in most schools and in high education pupils given tablets. We cant open videos with wifi. İf one has iPhone he can do it with it.

2016-12-31 18:03:27 UTC

Gunita, Latvia

gunitapugeja — 2017-01-01 16:44:37 UTC

Our school has both a wifi network which isn't strong enough and also a wire network in classrooms. The connectivity speed is normal. Many computers can passwords for teachers. WiFi is protected with password but it is available both for teachers and for students.

Silvia Scandura, Italy

silvia_scandura — 2017-01-02 16:14:00 UTC

Our school has two different connections, one for the offices and one for teachers and students. The connection speed is ridiculously low, just 1 Mbit/s for the whole school. This makes quite tough to organize learning activities in the lab or the classrooms.
The new network setup is password protected but with different access levels for teachers and students.
Hopefully, the local administration will provide us with a better connection in 2017

MDR, Spain

maricarmendelgado — 2017-01-02 16:46:47 UTC

I am afraid I am not aware about these data in my school. There is a technician that is in charge of the problems. There is only WiFi connection in the classes and, depending on the areas, sometimes it is difficult to connect. In the computer rooms for practices, there is a LAN that works at 100Mbps.

Nikoletta Soula, Greece My school connects to the Internet through the Greek School Network. It is connected to it via our local Metropolitan Area Network (MAN) using fiber. We have a high speed connection to the internet, which is restricted from the old equipment. The labs' computers are connected via LAN at the Internet. The teachers' computers or other digital devices can connect through WiFi in the teacher’s office. All computers have firewall and antivirus software. Almost every class has wired connection to the teachers laptop.

2017-01-02 18:36:23 UTC

Anna Rosa, Italy

ar_b — 2017-01-03 16:19:03 UTC

My school has ADSL connection at 100 Mbps and we are using both wire and Wi-Fi connectivity.

Also, we have different Wi-Fi access points as well as different networks for administrative work and learning activity (that is to say, for teachers and students). We use a firewall to protect our network from attacks.

Kolbrún - Iceland

kolla — 2017-01-03 16:43:34 UTC

How does your school network connect to the internet?

We have both wired network and Wi-Fi network. The Wi-Fi is divided for staff, students, school tablets, BYOD and guests. The school is connected through a fiber optic cable.

What connectivity speed?

10/100 swiss

How do you protect access to the school network from outside?
Sonic Wall firewall and anti virus filters

What is the main challenge you face in dealing with network connectivity?
I don't deal with that problem.

Antonietta Bianca Ferrara

kyozon70 — 2017-01-04 16:28:00 UTC

Italy

My school has a very basic network based on the presence of wi-fi routers which very often crush down because of heavy usage. Unfortunately the main problem is the represented by the fact that our service is pais by the municipality, so that we cannot choose any service which would respond to our needs. We do not have any firewall.

Sergio, Spain

2017-01-05 09:44:52 UTC

We have a 300 Mbps optical fiber to connect to the Internet. There is a local firewall server to protect the network. The main challenge we are dealing is to keep switches working properly and protected from power peaks.

Maria Piantoni

mpiantoni — 2017-01-05 18:14:44 UTC

How does your school network connect to the internet?
My school has both wired network and Wi-Fi network. The Wi-Fi is used only by teachers while students and guests can't connect to wireless. The school is connected through two ADSL lines.
What connectivity speed?
We currently have two ADSL lines that provide speed of 'up to 20 Mbps'. Fibre optic is not available in our area.
How do you protect access to the school network from outside?
Weprotect our network from outside through firewall
What is the main challenge you face in dealing with network connectivity?
I would like to implement an authentication mechanism and to improve network speed.

Daniele Tincani, Pisa (Italy)

daniele_tincani — 2017-01-05 18:37:41 UTC

I agree with the need that a specific ICT Technician role be defined and assigned in a school, as it is very difficult for a teacher to find time between lessons to support troubleshooting, HW/SW maintenance, etc..
Also I agree that a contracy besigned with an external service provider for remote troubleshooting, SW upgrades, network
monitoring, etc..

Laura, Milan, Italy

2017-01-06 07:26:08 UTC

We have both Wi-Fi and wired connection. Unfortunately, the fiber connection can only provide a 20 Mbps speed and this fact doesn't allow us to be connected in every moment and from every class. Students are not allowed to use the wi-fi for the same reason. We have a LIM and a laptop in each classroom, so teachers can use them. There is another connection for the administrative office.

Claaudia Buran, Beius, Romania

2017-01-06 08:33:46 UTC

My school has both wired network and Wi-Fi network. We have 2 providers for Internet and that establishes how computers and mobile phones are connected to existing networks. Besides the 3 labs, buildings where there are other labs and classrooms have one router on each floor, so WI-Fi signal for every user

Nora,Latvia

2017-01-06 12:34:38 UTC

I hate my tablet!!!My school has (last year)wird network,about wifi I don't know,because in every clasroom we have computer with internet connection. Every teacher have login and pasword to acess internet. I'm french teacher and this is smth new for me!

Arabella, Italy

arabella_quadre — 2017-01-06 21:28:16 UTC

In our schools we have wired and wifi network, but we haven't a high bandwidth internet service. For this reason we can't use mobile devices or tablets during the lessons. However we have IWB in many classrooms and we can manage interactive and multimedial lessons.

Emilio, Greece

2017-01-06 22:38:25 UTC

We connect to the Internet through the Greek School Network, the only provider allowed for schools. The download/upload speeds are 24/1 Mbps which is not enough and the infrastructure is not able to handle the load of our school, causing numerous technical problems. The are not any employed technicians and the teachers tries with the help of the only one ICT teacher to solve the problems by themselves.

Elena, Romania

2017-01-07 19:12:57 UTC

My school has a very basic network based on the presence of wi-fi routers which very often crush down because of heavy usage. Unfortunately the main problem is the represented by the fact that our service is pai by the municipality, so that we cannot choose any service which would respond to our needs. We do not have any firewall.

Elvia, Italy

2017-01-08 08:42:27 UTC

My experience is similar to Enid, the difference is that we don't have a lab technician yet, even if a colleague of mine is now learning it.

Cinzia, Italy

liceopellecchia — 2017-01-08 19:25:09 UTC

In our school we have a situation very similar to the one Enid has shown in the video, but we haven't a high bandwidth internet service. We have a firewall to filter the accesses.

Nontas, Greece

2017-01-10 08:49:42 UTC

I strongly agree with Emilio.Lots of technical problems and low rate internet speeds.The ICT teachers has to solve the problems by themselves.

Hello my experience is similar!

teacher_academy — 2017-01-17 10:02:36 UTC

In our school we have a situation very similar to the one Enid has shown in the video

teacher_academy — 2017-01-19 10:11:49 UTC

In our school we have a wired and wireless network. We also have a server that is accessible to all. The server can be accessed by teachers and students. However some files/folders on the server are only accessible to teachers. As our server is now ageing we are slowly moving towards cloud storage of resours files and student e-portfolios. However we are conscious of data protection and are storing data files on local machines and backing up onto the office machine.

cokeeffe1 — 2017-01-22 19:14:01 UTC

Sladjana, Serbia

vasaimara — 2017-01-22 22:53:11 UTC

My school has a very basic network based on the presence of wi-fi routers which very often crush down because of heavy usage.

Serkan, Turkey

pelenserkan — 2017-01-23 21:22:41 UTC

The network and server sttucture seem very complex and advanced but unfortunately the internet conncetion speed is slow generally.

Vera, Italy

2017-01-28 16:33:16 UTC

At moment we have fiber and we have we have solved some problems in internet connection speed, but sometimes connectivity crashes when we use the electronic register. the secretariat uses the same line, even as computer and language labs (they are 6 with 27-30 seats), we have a LIM for each class, but we only 7 tablet in the whole school.

Piera Romano - Italy

2017-02-03 23:18:45 UTC

At moment we have not the fiber and we haven't solved some problems in internet connection speed, yet. Often connectivity crashes when we use the electronic register. The secretariat doesn0t use the same line. We have about 75 tablets in the whole school.

Marina C, Romania

marinaciubotaru — 2017-02-05 16:06:22 UTC

Our school has wireless connection. Most times is satisfying.

Tatjana Blagojević, Sebria

2017-02-05 19:19:05 UTC

School have ADSL connection.