Local Area Network



We provide high-bandwidth, highly available local area connectivity with 1 GbE backbone and better switching backplane.


The Campus-wide proprietary LAN interconnects Networks of Students, Staff, Research, Administration and Management, spread over a wide geographical area spanning a 500 mtr radius.


It accommodates 1500 + devices spread over more than 23 different networks. Core switches sit at the heart of campus networks at DATA Center in High Availability mode and are responsible for high-speed routing and switching.

The Network Administration Team maintains the Local Area Network with proper benchmarking, 24/7 monitoring, administering security and troubleshooting problems.


In order to provide more comprehensive security on a network, we have taken over the important concept of security in the last step and defined Layer 2 devices in a secured manner; to know more about this, go to


Switching and Layer 2 Security.

  • Who gets the wired network?

    Basically University owned computers and devices are connected in the wired LAN. ICTS follow the below steps to connect a computer to the Campus wired network.

    1. Make sure the computer complies with minimum network security standards
      • Anti-virus software
      • Firewall software
      • Up-to-date, patchable operating system software
    2. Register the machine to obtain a Valid IP address and Domain membership

    ICTS Engineers are provisioning physical and logical network facility and registering the computers in the respective networks. Research administrators support ICTS Engineers for registering their research computers and devices in the network.

AMRITA KOCHI CAMPUS

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