Network Infrastructure Services Team

We maintain resilient and redundant connections to the Internet through ENA.

This is what allows you to make and receive phone calls to and from the rest of the world. We maintain four PRI circuits and over one thousand public phone numbers for the district.

All of our buildings are connected via our own optical fiber ring circling the city. This fiber plant is a joint endeavor between Oak Ridge Schools, the City of Oak Ridge Electric Department and the City of Oak Ridge. Within the district, the fiber supports multiple 10-Gbps and 1-Gbps connections per school to our data center.

Each building has a state-of-the-art local network consisting of category 5e or better cabling, backed by PoE+ gigabit ethernet ports. These support end-point devices such as: computers, phones, cameras, printers, and wireless access points.

We provide high-density, high-capacity 802.11ac-capable wireless access with at least one access point in every classroom, as well as coverage for other instructional, administrative, and support areas.

Our phone system is a voice-over-IP (VOIP) system. We run over 800 phones and 1300 phone numbers.

This is a service (not a disservice). Web content filtering is required by state and federal regulations, and Internet filtering is provided by a Dedicated Security Appliance. This is a robust system for blocking content based on user information as well as logging browsing activity.

The network team monitors outages for all schools, however If your school network goes down, we want to get it working again as quickly as possible. Immediately call the IT Help Desk.

If you need new network outlets installed in your school, please create a Helpdesk ticket and provide detailed information about purpose for the room (i.e. new lab with 15 machines, etc.).