Information Technology Services

NETWORK OUTAGE – LOUDOUN CAMPUS

Outage category:

Location: Mason at Loudoun

Status: Closed

Resolved Alert:

Initial Symptoms

Loss of wired and wireless internet connectivity

Root Cause Analysis

Cause

Open Shortest Path First (OSPF) routing protocol adjacency was not forming due to an incorrect MTU configuration on the link.

Resolution

MTU was adjusted to match on both sides of the link.

Prevention

Ensure that line has the same configuration in routers on both ends of links.