The end of the 165 era

After 6 years of using the 165.220.xx.xx addressing scheme, UP Manila now uses the 172.16.xx.xx for the local area network connection. It seems that there is an inevitable expansion in the number of workstations around the campus. A three-day network outage is worth the boost in network as shown from the results of speedtest.net:

Download: 1080 kb/s
Upload: 1895 kb/s

The speed is of course relative to the time. I made tested the broadband around 4:40 PM when most of the end users are about to leave for home. The real mettle of the network shall be tested during peak hours. Let's see for tomorrow.