During the Tuesday, 29 July maintenance window, maintenance work will affect certain services, starting at 5:30 PM and being completed before midnight. The following work is planned:
Wi-Fi security certificate renewal: the certificate used to secure connections to the RUoffcampus service will be updated.
Users of Apple iPhones or iPads will be prompted to accept the new certificate when next they connect to an RUoffcampus Wi-Fi network after that time. The new certificate has the fingerprints below. Provided the certificate fingerprint matches, please tap Accept Certificate.
Users' devices may prompt you to accept the new certificate when next they connect to an RUoffcampus Wi-Fi network after that time. The new certificate has the fingerprints below. Provided the certificate fingerprint matches, please accept the new certificate.
SHA256 fingerprint, used by iPhone/iPad: 23 df 3c 50 85 0b e1 3c fe 27 2b db 4d 40 d2 14 ca cc e1 ce 77 5c da 73 7e 3c 83 90 5f af 19 d6
SHA1 fingerprint, used by Windows 10/11: BA 63 3E E5 88 2A 3D 15 B9 B2 AA 3A F9 21 80 A2 09 38 95 CE
If your devices are no longer able to connect after Wednesday morning, please reconfigure them according to the instructions.
Wireless links: software on point-to-point wireless link devices will be updated. This will cause internet outages of up to 20 minutes in the following buildings:
Mandalay-off-High
One on Luke, Three on Luke
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.