Wireless Network work this week

5 08 2013

Update 2013-08-08: Downtime complete :)

[Updated 2013-08-05]

Network Infrastructure is going to be working on our wireless network this week, upgrading to a new version of Cisco NAC. If you’ll be working on campus this week, you may see some downtime on Tuesday and Thursday in the late afternoon/early evening. Notice from the downtime-notices RoyalList:

What:
Network Infrastructure will be upgrading Cisco NAC to version 4.9.3.

Why:
To add support for newer operating systems and antivirus as well as add new features. During this upgrade we will also be migrating off of legacy hardware onto new appliances.

When:
August 6th 4:30 PM – 6:30 PM
August 7th 4:30 PM – 8:30 PM

Impact:
August 6th 4:30PM – 6:30 PM:
Approximately 20 mins of downtime is expected for the wireless network.  Wired connections will be unaffected.
August 7th 4:30PM – 6:30 PM:
There will a 1 hour window of downtime where wireless (Royalair, RoyalGuest) and unauthenticated users on wired connections on campus will be unable to login.


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