The VPN Maintenance scheduled for today has been completed. All VPN services are expected to be operational at this time.
[Completed] VPN Maintenance
VPN Maintenance – Saturday February 25 from 4:00 a.m. until 7:00 a.m.
OIT will be performing maintenance on the Faculty/Staff VPN from 4:00 a.m. until 7:00 a.m. tomorrow. During this time, VPN services will be intermittent. The backup VPN will be available during this time for those users that need to utilize the VPN. Additional details on the backup VPN are available at the vpn page: www.fau.edu/security/vpn.php
[Completed] Network Maintenance Saturday February 11th from 6:00 a.m. until 7:00 a.m.
The network maintenance scheduled for this morning has been completed.
[Network Maintenance] Saturday February 11th from 6:00 a.m. until 7:00 a.m.
OIT will be performing maintenance on core network equipment on the Boca Raton campus from 6:00 a.m. until 7:00 a.m. tomorrow morning. During this maintenance window we anticipate approximately 10 minutes of service disruption to networks and services located on the Boca Raton campus including Blackboard, Banner and access to the internet from some parts of campus.
External DDoS Attack Affecting Connectivity to Non-FAU Sites and Services
An external denial of service attack is affecting connectivity to many large sites and services external to FAU. These services include Workday, Paypal, Twitter, Ellucian, Spotify, Reddit, Soundcloud, Amazon Web Services, Microsoft Azure, and many other services. At this time, connectivity to the sites mentioned and many others on the internet may not be possible until the issues are resolved. This attack is not directed at FAU, but it is affecting access to many services on the internet for users inside and outside of FAU.
[Network Recovery] Recovery from internet performance issues
FAU’s primary internet connection is back up and associated performance issues have been resolved at this time.
[Network Notice] Degraded internet performance
FAU has lost it’s primary internet connection and all traffic is currently utilizing a backup connection. The backup connection has limited capacity so we are currently operating in a state of degraded performance and network connectivity to and from FAU will be sluggish. We as that users refrain from large file transfers until the issue is resolved. We will update when we have further information.
[Recovery] Network Performance Issues
The connectivity issues with FAU’s ISP have been resolved and the network including connectivity to the internet should be operating at normal capacity at this time.
Network Notice – Degraded Internet Performance
FAU’s primary internet connection is unavailable due to a possible fiber cut beyond FAU’s control. FAU is currently operating over a slower, secondary connection. All services are currently available, but network speeds to the internet will be slower than normal until FAU’s primary internet connection is restored.
Network Maintenance – Wednesday June 22nd from 6:00 a.m. until 6:30 a.m.
OIT will be performing potentially intrusive network maintenance tomorrow morning from 6:00 a.m. until 6:30 a.m. During this time, there may be a brief interruption of network connectivity on the Boca Raton campus lasting approximately 30 seconds.