Following on from the power cut this morning which affected the Castle end of the campus, repairs will be undertaken this evening (see message at the bottom of this post from Estates and Campus Services). There will be further loss of network services in the following locations whilst the power repairs are carried out: Airthrey Castle Airthrey Castle […]
Category: Network
Network locations affected by the Airthrey power outage – 1st May 2014
As advised by the recent Estates Service Message, there is a fault with the high voltage electricity supply which has affected several locations. One of these is Airthrey Castle, where network infrastructure equipment is currently without power. While this equipment is offline, the following areas will not have any wired or wireless network connectivity: […]
Network and telephony service disruption, Tuesday 29th April 2014
There will be an interruption to external telephone lines and some network services, between 07:30 and 08:30 on Tuesday 29th April. During this time, staff from Systems and Network Services will carry out maintenance of the power supply to essential network equipment. The interruption will last for up to 1 hour. The following services […]
Network disruption at Western Isles Campus, weekend 12/13 April
The network service from our Western Isles Campus back to Stirling is provided via UHI (University of the Highlands and Islands). UHI have a planned maintenance weekend on the 12/13th of April. They expect to be carrying out network failure testing between 0900 and 1700 on Saturday 12th of April, users should expect network services […]
Network performance issues at Alexander Court
Users in Alexander Court and other university buildings in that part of the campus (Airthrey Castle Yard, the Sports Pavilion and Gardens & Grounds) may notice that the network is operating below normal levels of performance and reliability. This is due to a fibre cable between Willow Court and Airthrey Castle being broken on Tuesday […]
Power outage in Stirling area 20th November 2013
Due to power outage in Stirling area on 20th November as of first thing on 21st November 200 of our IT services were unavailable. We are working hard to restore these and they are coming back on stream as this work progresses. We apologise for any inconvenience in the meantime.
Internet service disruption, Friday 25th October.
There will be two short interruptions to all off-campus Internet services, sometime between 07:30 and 08:30 on Friday 25th October. During this window, staff from Systems and Network Services will carry out recommended software upgrades to enhance security. Each interruption will last for up to 3 minutes, with the second interruption occurring approximately 5 minutes […]
Internet service disruption – Sunday/Monday 29/30 September
The University’s data communications service provider has given notice of maintenance works they will be performing between 2200 on Sunday 29 September and 0600 on Monday 30 September, which will impact on the availability and performance of our connection to the internet. The service is designed to be resilient to outages so there will be […]
It’s not paranoia – they are out to get you!
Malware, hackers, phishing, spyware, trojans, cybercrime, password stealers, viruses, worms, rootkits, adware, etc. The vacation periods at Universities are traditionally times for all of this malicious activity to increase dramatically. Perhaps the people behind it think that that their victim’s minds are elsewhere, making them an easier target than usual. Perhaps they are right. […]
Internet service disruption Friday 12th July
In order to complete routine but important maintenance on core network equipment, there will be two short interruptions to all off-campus Internet services, sometime between 07:30 and 08:30 on Friday 12th July. During this window, staff from Systems and Network Services will install recommended software updates. Each interruption will last for up to 3 minutes, […]