During the Tuesday, 8 October maintenance window, maintenance work will affect certain services, starting at 5:30 PM and being completed before midnight. The following work is planned:
Distribution routers: software will be updated on the routers serving all buildings in the areas listed below. All network services (including Wi-Fi and IP telephones) may be disrupted in those areas for up to 30 minutes.
North campus: all buildings north of Prince Alfred St, from Somerset St to South St
Hill campus: all buildings which are south of Prince Alfred St and west of New House (inclusive).
Distribution routers: software will be updated on the routers serving the university data centres. All services hosted in data centres will be affected at least briefly, possibly for as long as an hour.
Core routers: the software on one of the two core routers will be updated. No noticeable outage is expected as all network traffic should be handled by the other core router.
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.