Posts Categorized: Internet Access

 Campus wide internet outage – April 9, 2025

Description

Update: 4/10/25 11:25 AM

MOREnet informed us that our second route has been repaired. UMSL once again has fully redundant routes for campus internet connectivity.

 

Update: 3:48 PM

Internet service to UMSL has been restored. MOREnet has confirmed that repairs have been completed to one of our routes – fortunately, ahead of the original estimate.

MOREnet estimates the repair to our second route will occur tomorrow, 4/10/25. This will restore redundancy to our campus connectivity.

 

Update: 3:15 PM

www.umsl.edu and https://mygateway.umsl.edu/ are now accessible from off campus

Engineers continue to work on the route to campus

 

Update: 2:15 PM

MOREnet, our Internet provider for campus, has given an estimated time for restoration (ETR). They anticipate one of our two “routes” to be restored this evening between 6 pm and midnight. This will return Internet to UMSL.

We will continue to post updates here and email meaningful updates as we learn more from MOREnet through the afternoon and this evening.

If you are off-campus or using a mobile hotspot from your phone, many UMSL resources are available to you. We have provided some direct links below.

 

 

UPDATE: 12:32 PM

Users off campus can access resources via the following links:

Email: https://outlook.office.com

Canvas: https://canvas.umsystem.edu

MyView: https://myview.umsl.edu

MyConnect: https://umsl.starfishsolutions.com/starfish-ops

MyDegree: https://mydegree.umsl.edu

 

UPDATE: 11:15AM

The North route fiber has been cut by vandalism.  The south route is still under investigation.   No estimated time of repair (ETR)

 

UPDATE: 11:00AM

MOREnet has identified the issue. Fiber was cut to the USML campus, and they are working on a repair.  https://www.more.net/solutions/connectivity/internet-connection/service-notifications/

 

ORIGINAL OUTAGE: 10:45AM

We are experiencing an outage of MOREnet, our internet provider. The campus internet, in and out, is unavailable.  Phones are still functional.   MOREnet is working to address the issue.

Posted: 4/9/25 11:03 am
Last updated: 4/10/25 11:31 am
Event type: Service Unavailable
Current status: Resolved
Service Internet Access, Network-Access, Network-VPN, Network-Wired, Network-Wireless


 Oak Hall 6th Floor Network Outage

Description

Update – April 7, 2025, 2:30 pm

Technicians have restored connectivity Oak Hall 6th floor. Thanks for your patience.

 

 

Networking Engineers are aware of an issue affecting Internet access from the 6th floor of Oak Hall.  Technicians are currently working to resolve the issue.

Posted: 4/7/25 2:17 pm
Last updated: 4/7/25 2:24 pm
Event type: Service Unavailable
Current status: Resolved
Service Internet Access


 MOREnet Internet Maintenance, 4/5 – Midnight to 1am

Start Time: 4/5/25 12:00 am - End Time: 4/5/25 1:00 am

Description

Update – April, 5 2025, 1:00 am

Scheduled maintenance is complete.

 

UMSL’s Internet Service Provider, MOREnet will once again be performing a software upgrade to their carrier circuits beginning at midnight on Saturday 4/5.  During this time the Internet link to the UMSL’s remote sites will be intermittently disrupted.  Specifically, the following locations will be affected:

 

West County Skills Lab (CETC)

STLPR @Grand Center

Lindell Eye Care

East St. Louis Eye Care

Children’s Advocacy Center, West Pine

Primary Contact: Steve Anthoney

Posted: 4/2/25 11:53 am
Last updated: 4/7/25 2:19 pm
Event type: Scheduled Maintenance
Current status: Resolved
Service Internet Access


 Music Building Network Upgrade – 3/14/2025, 7pm-9pm

Start Time: 3/14/25 7:00 pm - End Time: 3/14/25 9:00 pm

Description

Networking will be upgrading the network equipment in the Music Building on Friday evening.  Given the expectation of inclement weather, This maintenance will begin promptly at 7pm.  There will be intermittent disruptions to wired and wireless Internet and telephones within the building while the work is being completed.

Primary Contact: Steve Anthoney

Posted: 3/13/25 3:11 pm
Last updated: 3/22/25 8:28 am
Event type: Scheduled Maintenance
Current status: Resolved
Service Internet Access


 Remote Site ISP Maintenance – 3/14/2025, 10:30pm

Description

UMSL’s Internet Service Provider, MOREnet will be performing router maintenance in the St. Louis hub.  Their maintenance window will be 10:30pm Friday 3/14 through 3:30am Saturday, 3/15.  During this window, UMSL’s remote sites will experience a 1 hour outage affecting Internet and telephones.  Service disruption is not expected for the UMSL campus.

Posted: 3/12/25 7:47 pm
Last updated: 3/22/25 8:27 am
Event type: Informational
Current status: Resolved
Service Internet Access


 Remote Site Internet Maintenance – 1/18/2024, Midnight – 6am

Start Time: 1/18/25 12:00 am - End Time: 1/18/25 6:00 am

Description

UPDATE – 1/18/2025, 6am

All maintenance work is complete.

 

1/17/2025, 8pm

UMSL’s Internet Service Provider, MOREnet will be performing software upgrades to their carrier equipment.  the resulting restarts will cause all remote sites to lose connection for approximately 1 hour during the scheduled 6 hour maintenance window.

Primary Contact: Steve Anthoney

Posted: 1/15/25 12:24 pm
Last updated: 1/24/25 11:57 am
Event type: Scheduled Maintenance
Current status: Resolved
Service Internet Access


 Network Access Control Upgrade – 1/5/2025 6 a.m. – 12 p.m.

Start Time: 1/5/25 6:00 am - End Time: 1/5/25 12:00 pm

Description

Update – Friday, January 10, 2025, 3:26 pm

A new notice is being made regarding this work.

Update – Friday, January 3, 2025, 11:09 am

Due to the weather forecast and in consideration of the safety of our employees, we have decided to postpone this update to Sunday, January 12th.

Networking will be upgrading the software on Network Access Control devices on Sunday, January 5; starting at 6 am to 12 pm (dependent upon weather forecast). The upgrades will cause an outage for UMSL campus wired, wireless, and VPN users.

Primary Contact: Jinming Lam

Posted: 1/2/25 2:20 pm
Last updated: 1/10/25 3:27 pm
Event type: Scheduled Maintenance
Current status: Resolved
Service Internet Access


 Network Software Upgrades – 1/3/2025, 10pm to 2am

Start Time: 1/3/25 10:00 pm - End Time: 1/4/25 2:00 am

Description

Update 1/4/2025, 11pm

All software upgrades are complete.

 

1/3/2025, 10pm

Networking will be upgrading software on networking devices between 10pm and 2am on Friday, January 3.  The upgrades will require a reboot causing brief outages to the following buildings:

 

Arts Administration Building

Millennium Student Center

LeGras

Nursing Administration Building

Patient Care Center

Primary Contact: Steve Anthoney

Posted: 1/2/25 9:37 am
Last updated: 1/5/25 7:43 pm
Event type: Scheduled Maintenance
Current status: Resolved
Service Internet Access


 MOREnet Internet maintenance – 12/30, midnight to 1am

Start Time: 12/30/24 12:00 am - End Time: 12/30/24 1:00 am

Description

UPDATE: December 31, 2024 7:00am

MOREnet reports that software upgrades and associated equipment reboots are complete.

 

UMSL’s Internet Service Provider, MOREnet will be performing a software upgrade to their carrier circuits beginning at midnight on Monday, 12/30.  During this time the Internet link to the main campus as well as UMSL’s remote sites will be intermittently disrupted.  Specifically, the following locations will be affected:

UMSL campus

West County Skills Lab (CETC)

STLPR @Grand Center

Lindell Eye Care

East St. Louis Eye Care

Children’s Advocacy Center, West Pine

Primary Contact: Steve Anthoney

Posted: 12/24/24 11:30 am
Last updated: 1/2/25 7:59 am
Event type: Scheduled Maintenance
Current status: Resolved
Service Internet Access


 Remote Site Network Outage – 10/31/2024, 12am-3am

Start Time: 10/31/24 12:00 am - End Time: 10/31/24 3:00 am

Description

MOREnet, UMSL’s Internet Service Provider will be performing an emergency maintenance that will cause a 15 minute service outage to all of UMSL’s remote sites.

Updates can be found on MOREnet’s notification page:

https://status.more.net/incidents/9sx60dj2fgvp

 

12:15am – Maintenance complete

Primary Contact: Steve Anthoney

Posted: 10/30/24 6:01 pm
Last updated: 10/31/24 12:56 am
Event type: Scheduled Maintenance
Current status: Resolved
Service Internet Access