Network Services

Olympic ESD Network Services provides a variety of services to school districts, as well as other local governmental agencies such as a fire departments, port districts and libraries. The department is the primary data and video contact for the K-20 network for greater Olympic Peninsula schools. Network Services provides yearly contract and hourly-rate services. Network Services staff are based in Bremerton and Port Angeles.

Network

• Local area network infrastructure component installation and support: routers, switches, firewalls.
• Use of protocol analyzers and traffic meters to measure network system health and perform troubleshooting.
• Troubleshooting and maintenance of fiber optic equipment.
• Wireless, with expertise in Ruckus and Ubiquiti solutions.

Desktop

• Software installation and troubleshooting.
• Operating system installation and upgrades.
• PC, Chromebook and Macintosh platforms.
• SBAC, MAP online assessment client software installations.

Server/Cloud

• Microsoft Windows Server and Linux products supported.
• Basic file and print server support is included in a Network Services contract.
• Applications servers supported include Destiny library software, Success Maker, Microsoft Exchange, Microsoft System Center.
• Microsoft Office 365.

Firewall

• Needs assessment, configuration, installation, logging services and maintenance. Specializing in Fortinet solutions.

Comprehensive

• Network Services provides district-wide or school-wide top-down analysis of network, server, and desktop infrastructure, providing a set of written recommendations for growth and restructuring.

Network Tech Staff Forums and Technical Training Sessions

• Network Services provides technology forums and technical training sessions periodically throughout the school year. These are held on a variety of subjects which are targeted toward both field-level technical support level and end-users. Past technical support oriented subjects covered have been wireless networking, server technologies, firewalls, security, and student data access. Examples of user-level trainings are Microsoft Excel, Google Classroom, Sharepoint and Zoom videoconferencing.