Start Date & Time
End Date & Time
Description
Campus border firewalls will be upgraded to the latest vendor-recommended software version and additional processor cards will be added the morning of Wednesday, August 16, from 5:30 a.m. to 6:30 a.m. During the maintenance window, all campus network traffic to and from the Internet will be unavailable for approximately 20 minutes.
Impact
During the maintenance window, all campus network traffic to and from the Internet will be unavailable for approximately 20 minutes. On-campus network traffic between on-campus machines should not be affected by this maintenance.
Here are some specific examples of how campus services will be impacted:
While using the campus network (UCB Wireless, UCB Guest, Eduroam, wired network):
- Unable to access resources outside the campus network (Desire2Learn, cnn.com, etc.)
- Unable to access email accounts (Exchange Online, Gmail)
- Able to access on-campus resources (www.colorado.edu)
- Able to use the campus VoIP phone service
While using a different network (home, coffee shop, cellular data network, etc.):
- Unable to access www.colorado.edu sites and other resources housed on the campus network
- Unable to connect to CU Boulder Virtual Private Network (VPN)
- Able to access email accounts (Exchange Online, Gmail)
- Able to access services not housed on the campus network (Desire2Learn)
