During the Tuesday, 18 January maintenance window, maintenance work will affect certain services, starting at 5:30 PM and being completed before midnight. The following work is planned:
Access switches: software will be updated on the network switches in the buildings listed below. All network services (including Wi-Fi and IP telephones) will be disrupted in those buildings. For smaller buildings, the work might be completed in 30 minutes, while larger buildings may take up to 90 minutes.
Alumni House
Bangor House
Botany Building
Catering and Housekeeping HQ
Education Building (original building and new extensions)
Geography Building
HKE Building
School of Languages
Life Sciences Building
Main admin (north side)
Psychology Building
Selwyn Castle
Stables (DIFS)
St Peters Building
Theatre/RBS Building
Wi-Fi: software will be updated on Wi-Fi access points in the buildings listed below. Wi-Fi services will be unavailable in areas of the buildings as each access point is updated, which takes around 10 minutes.
19 Somerset St
23, 33 South St
2, 3 Croft St
Allan Webb Dining Hall
Allen St Flats
Alumni House switchboard office
Catering Stores
Continuing Education Centre
Chessington Court
Confucius Centre
Chemical and Pharmaceutical Sciences Building
Day Care Centre
Drostdy Dining Hall
Fish farm
Founders Dining Hall
Founders Lodge
Grounds and Gardens HQ
Health Care Centre
Highway Africa Building
Hobson Dining Hall
ISER Annexe
John Kotze Annexe
Kimberley Dining Hall
Law Clinic
Library
Maintenance stores
Nelson Mandela Dining Hall
Old Laundry
PSAM
Royal Engineers Building (DIFS)
Jan Smuts Dining Hall
St Mary Dining Hall
Stockenstrom Place
Waainek Tick Research
Victoria Mxenge housekeeping office
This work is being conducted during a minor maintenance period. Should there be a compelling reason why this work should not go ahead as planned, please contact support@ru.ac.za before 3:00 PM on Tuesday.