Edward R. Nelson’s Personal Web Page

Contents

*      Work Information

*      Favorite Links

*      Contact Information

*      Current Projects

*      Biographical Information

*      Personal Interests

 

Work Information

Job Title

Senior Network Systems Engineer

Key responsibilities

*      Network Engineering and Network Installation Project Management

*      Network Systems Maintenance and Troubleshooting

*      Assist other group members in the design and installation of the cabling infrastructure and networking hardware throughout the University campus

*      Assist in maintaining a communications specification used by all cabling subcontractors as well as quality control

*      Installation and maintenance of Uninterruptible Power Supplies (UPS) - These UPS’ are deployed in various strategic locations around the campus to support major networking hubs and core networking equipment

*      Assist other departments in the implementation of network services for building access control; building heating, ventilation and air conditioning; point of sale applications; vending services; and Housing laundry key card systems

Department and Workgroup

Boston University

Office of Information Technology – Network Systems Group (OIT-NSG)

111 Cummington Street

Boston, MA 02215-2411

 

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Favorite and Often Used Links

*      SMC Barricade Broadband Router

*      Google

*      My Yahoo Photo Albums

*      Boston University

*      Boston University People Web

*      Network Systems Group

*      Network Systems Group PM Staff Site

*      Network Systems Group PM Staff Site - Connection Database

*      Network Systems Group White Pages, Configuration Repository and Monitoring

*      Boston University Linux Site

*      Networked Information Services

*      Personal Computing Support Center

*      Agganis Arena

*      Cisco

*      Cisco Certification Tracking System

*      Cisco 6500 Documentation

*      Cisco 3700 Documentation

*      Cisco 3600 Documentation

*      Cisco 3600 Support Pages (cable specs/pinouts)

*      Dial-up Technology Debugging

*      Modem Dial-out AUX port

*      Cisco 3500 Documentation

*      Cisco 2950 Documentation

*      Cisco 2970 Documentation

*      Cisco 3550 Documentation

*      Cisco 3560 Documentation

*      Cisco 1300 Wireless Bridge Documentation

*      Cisco 1200 Wireless Documentation

*      Cisco 350 Wireless Documentation

*      Cisco Wireless Support and Documentation

*      Cisco VPN Documentation

*      Cisco PIX Firewall Documentation

*      Canon USA - Canobeam Free Space Optics (FSO)

*      Terabeam Gigalink - 60GHz Millimeter Wave (mmw) Radios

*      My Cool Tools - Bandwidth Testing and Other Utilities

*      ARIN Whois Database Search

*      InterNIC Whois Search

*      ICANN Home Page

*      ICANN Links

*      IETF Request for Comments

*      IANA - Protocol Numbers

*      IANA - Port Numbers

*      IANA - ICMP Parameters

*      IANA - Novell SAP Numbers

*      IEEE - OUI MAC Numbers Search

*      Novell

*      3Com

*      Nortel Networks

*      APC

*      US Frequency Allocation Chart

*      Electromagnetic Spectrum

*      More Electromagnetic Spectrum

*      RouterGod

*      Yahoo

*      T-Mobile Wireless

*      Fleet Homelink

*      AAA Southern New England

*      Inter-Tel

*      eBay                                         .

*      Michael Troy

*      Aerosmith

*      Billy Joel

*      Elton John

*      Supertramp

*      James Taylor

*      Pink Floyd

*      Styx

*      Sting

*      House of Blues

*      Crosby Stills Nash and Young

*      CPR

*      LP Music

*      Super Bowl XXXVI, XXXVIII and XXXIX World Champion New England Patriots

*      New England Patriots ProShop

*      2004 World Series Champion Boston Red Sox

*      Boston Celtics

*      Boston Bruins

*      NFL

*      MLB

*      NBA

*      NHL

*      Northeast 10 Baseball Statistics

*      NCAA Mens Baseball Home Page

*      NCAA Baseball Weekly Rankings

*      NCAA Baseball Statistics Menu

*      NCAA Baseball Statistics Search

*      National Alliance of College Summer Baseball

*      Soutern Collegiate Baseball League Results

*      SCBL Athens Pirates

*      NEIBA

*      ABCA

*      NCBWA

*      Smart Traveler Traffic Reports - SmartRoutes

*      Boston.com

*      Comcast

*      Harley-Davidson / Buell of Boston

*      Amazon.com

*      Great Buildings

*      How Stuff Works

*      University of Massachusetts Lowell

*      Fitchburg State College

*      University of Massachusetts Lowell Baseball

*      Shrewsbury MA High School

*      Shrewsbury MA Oak Middle School

*      Bridgewater State College

*      Middleboro MA Public Schools

*      NASA Spacecraft Realtime Tracking

*      Live Air Traffic Control Feeds

*      Passur Live Airport Monitor Sites

*      Aeronautical Charts

*      Wagner Airways

*      Be A Pilot

 

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Contact Information

E-mail address

ednel@bu.edu

Web address

http://people.bu.edu/ednel/

Office phone(s)

617.353.2780 (OIT Main Office)

617.353.8271 (Direct)

 

Cell

617.719.7764

 

Fax

617.353.6260

 

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Current Projects

*      Network Backbone Upgrades

*      Ongoing Network Preventive Maintenance and Security

*      Wireless, VPN and UPS Implementation

*      Hostmaster and Trouble Tickets

 

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Biographical Information

*      Cisco Certified Network Professional (CCNP)

 

*      Cisco Certified Network Associate (CCNA)

 

*      Currently pursuing my Cisco Certified Design Associate (CCDA) and Cisco Certified Design Professional (CCDP) Certificates

 

*      Past BICSI Member

 

*      Past Certified Novell Engineer (CNE) 3x and 4x

Need to complete continuing certification requirement (CCR) for version 5x/6x

 

*      Experienced in the data, telecommunications and video fields since 1979

Knowledge in:

*      data

*      voice

*      catv, matv, cctv

*      satellite and microwave transmission

*      electrical wiring and electronics

 

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Personal Interests

*      Watching my kids grow up

*      Listening to all kinds of music – rock, jazz and blues are at the top of the list!

*      I love all types of percussion instruments – someday soon, I have promised myself I am going to take some well needed lessons!

*      Flying – I hope to get my private pilots license in the future when money and time allows it

*      Learning new technology

*      Baseball

*      Football

*      Playstation and computer games – Flight Simulator and Tomb Raider have consumed a lot of time!

*      Reading

 

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We will never forget… United We Stand and One Nation Indivisible!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


September 11, 2001 – Remember the victims, families and our fallen heroes!

 

*      American Red Cross

*      September 11th Fund

*      Legacy.com - Remembering September 11, 2001

*      Newsday WTC Ground Zero

*      The WTC Memorial

*      Lower Mahattan Development Corporation

*      WTC Site Memorial Competition

*      Flight 93 Memorial Project

 

 

    

 

 

December 26, 2004 – Devastating Tsunami hits Southern Asia and Eastern Africa

 

*      American Red Cross - Tsunami Relief

*      UnitedWay

*      Network For Good

 

 

 

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Last revised: June 12, 2005