Latest News
(Sun,7 July, 2013)
CNS will be conducting network maintenance on Sunday 7 July, 2013 between 07H00 to 13H00.
Areas affected are:
• Email and Internet access
• Mobile wireless networks
• VPN Service
• Grid Network...
(Wed, 19 Jun, 2013)
Users receive emails that state that the user’s mailbox storage limit has been reached, or the user’s account need to be upgraded, and in order to be able to resolve the problem stated in...
(Wed, 19 Jun, 2013)
Due to a firmware upgrade of wireless controllers, the wireless network services to all campuses will not be available on Wednesday, 19 June, 2013 between 17H00 and 19H00 during the standard system maintenance period.
This will apply across all campuses.
CNS...
(Fri, 14 Jun, 2013)
CNS Service Desk staff will be attending a team building event from 13H00 - 17H00 on Friday 14 June, 2013. The following arrangements have been made to allow for Service Desk Staff to attend:
• The CNS Service Desk will be operational on X71717.
• The...
(Wed,12 Jun, 2013)
Due to a firmware upgrade of wireless controllers, the wireless network services to all campuses will not be available on Wednesday, 12 June, 2013 between 17H00 and 19H00 during the standard system maintenance period.
CNS apologises for any...
(Wed,29 May, 2013)
The mobile wireless networks, VPN Service , Grid Network and DMZ access will be unavailable between 17H00 to 19H00 Wednesday 29 May, 2013 due to maintenance on the firewall.
This will apply across all campuses
CNS apologises for any...
(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...
