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(Wed, 22 May, 2013)
The following services will not be available during the CNS maintenance window, Wednesday 22nd May, 2013, 17H00 to 19H00, all Campuses will be affected.
Systems affected:
No systems including Email and Internet will be available during the maintenance...
(Sun,19 May, 2013)
CNS will be doing maintenance on the Wits perimeter firewall on Sunday 19th May 2012 from 7H00 until 13H00. There will be intermittent breaks in all internet, wireless and DMZ access during this period.
CNS apologises for any inconvenience caused
Always at your...
(Wed, 15 May, 2013)
The following services will not be available during the CNS maintenance window, Wednesday 15th May 2013, 17H00 to 19H00 due to system maintenance : -
• VPN access
• DMZ access (i.e. access to the kim.wits.ac.za and...
(Thu, 25 Apr, 2013)
Internet access will not be available on Friday 26 April, 2013 between 17H00 and 18H00 due to maintenance on the network. This will affect all campuses.
CNS apologises for any inconvenience caused.
Always at your service.
If you have any queries or concerns,...
(Mon,22 Apr, 2013)
The Telecommunications link between Medical School Campus and Education Campus is down. With the result that there are no internal or external call connections incoming or outgoing. The technician is on site to get the link up and...
(Wed,17 Apr, 2013)
CNS experienced another network failure on the core router on 10 April, 2013 at around 13h40. The outage affected ICT services on all of the campuses. Maintenance work was done that afternoon to address the problem and the system has since been stable.
There...
(Wed,17 Apr, 2013)
The mobile wireless networks i.e. Wits-Wifi-Mobile_1, and Wits-Wifi-Mobile will be unavailable between 17H00 to 19H00 today, Wednesday 17 April, 2013 due to emergency maintenance on the firewall.
This will apply across all...
(Fri 12, Apr, 2013)
We have been advised that the repair activity to SEACOM has been delayed. Currently the tentative ETR is 22nd April 2013. This will be confirmed once the vessel reaches the location of the expected break and the team has assessed the damage to the subsea cable...
(Sun 14, Apr, 2013)
The iWits and SIMS system will be unavailable from 08:00 to 22:00 on 14 April 2013 for system testing.
Services affected are:
iWits
SIMS
iRec
The systems will be brought online sooner if the required work and testing is completed...
All ICT systems will not be available on 10 April 2013, from 17:00 – 22:00. Maintenance will be done on the University’s network infrastructure. This will affect all campuses as well as access to and from the internet.
Services will be brought on line earlier if the...
The full network functionality was restored at around 23:00 on Friday, 5 April 2013.
CNS is working with the supplier to determine the cause of the failure.
CNS apologises for the inconvenience caused.
Always at your service.
If you have any queries...
(Fri, 05 Apr, 2013)
The SEACOM service which has been down since 22nd March, 2013 is still a work in progress. The University is still on the TENET's WAC's International connectivity bandwidth with limited access and is in communication with TENET. The estimated time...
