Paws-Secure Dorm Room Summary

19-year-old Dameco Young sat down in his Russell Hall dorm room to take his weekly psychology quiz. He had done the readings and felt prepared. He logged into ELC and used his one attempt to take the timed quiz. Once he was satisfied with his answers and with a few minutes to spare he hit submit. Young was expecting the usual “quiz successfully submitted” page to load, but wasn't shocked when the dreaded “webpage unavailable” came up instead. Paws-Secure had gone out again, invalidating his one attempt for the quiz and causing him to receive a failing grade only to be resolved by emailing his professor several times. This wasn’t the first time Paws-Secure had failed Young.

The communications and theater major from West Point, GA turned in an essay through ELC and Paws-Secure went out after he submitted it. The next day he realized he didn’t get a …show more content…
Over spring break, EITS installed almost 300 wireless access points throughout Russell Hall. “Paws-Secure is extremely fast now. It's faster than the ethernet,” Young said.

EITS plans on installing this new AC wireless networks in all of the University Housing dorms over the next 12 months.The current wireless networks in the rest of UGA’s dorms runs on a weaker B or G network. AC wireless networks have stronger signal strength making it ideal for highly populated living areas like dorms.

According to Senior Public Relations Coordinator Kerri Testament, EITS sent Russell Hall residents a second survey to get student’s feedback on the upgraded wireless network. EITS is currently collecting results until the survey closes on April 7. The residents’ feedback will help EITS evaluate the effectiveness of their plan to expand the new AC wireless