Fiber
How many physical City sites are connected by fiber?
65 sites
How many network switches does the City manage and maintain?
120 switches.
How many Wi-Fi access points does the City currently have?
175 access points.
Which VPN app is used by City staff?
GlobalProtect.
What extra login protection is provided by Duo?
Multi-factor authentication, or MFA.
Approximately how many miles of fiber did the City have as of 2024?
About 34 miles.
How many access switches does the City have?
96
Across how many physical sites are the access points located?
17 sites.
Which VPN app supports Police,Fire and Legal users and devices?
Absolute VPN.
Name one endpoint security tool used by the City.
CrowdStrike, Ivanti Neurons, or MobileIron MDM.
What does fiber-optic cable carry?
Data
What type of switch connects computers, phones, printers, cameras and Wi-Fi access points
An access switch
What will the City’s access-point count increase to after new sites are added in 2027?
More than 200 access points.
Which Internet provider supplies the City’s 1 Gbps connection?
Cogent.
What tool is used for encrypting email?
Virtru.
What type of fiber connects all City sites?
Single-mode fiber.
What do distribution switches do?
They aggregate connections from other City sites.
What technology allows access switches to provide electrical power to phones and wireless access points through network cables?
Power over Ethernet, or PoE.
What is the speed of the City’s Lumen Internet connection?
400 Mbps.
What open-source system monitors network devices for problems such as offline devices or ports?
OpenNMS.
What Minneapolis facility serves as Minnesota’s primary carrier hotel and a major intersection for the global Internet backbone?
The 511 Building, also called the Minnesota Technology Center.
What network devices provide routing between different networks and connectivity to firewalls, VMware and the Internet?
Core routers.
What will replace passwords for COB-Secure authentication in 2027?
Digital certificates.
What routing protocol automatically redirects Internet traffic when one provider experiences an outage?
Border Gateway Protocol, or BGP
Before the firewall modernization, what was a limitation of the City's firewall architecture?
Once traffic entered the network, there was limited visibility into communication between internal systems.