Service Disruption – Intermittent Network Outages

Outage category: 
Wired Network, Wireless Network
Location: 
All Campuses
Status: 
Closed
Resolved alert: 
06/17/2021 2:55 pm

Users experienced intermittent network issues on wired and wireless networks due to an issue with the Data Center firewall.

Initial symptoms: 

All users on all 3 campuses experiencing intermittent network issues.

Duration: 
06/17/2021 2:30 pm - 06/17/2021 2:55 pm
Impact to Mason: 
All campuses affected by intermittent network outages.
Affected Services: 
Network Access
ROOT CAUSE ANALYSIS
Cause: 

An interface on the Data Center Firewall experienced issues.

Resolution: 

Network engineers worked with vendor to resolve the issue.

Prevention: 

Network engineers are working with vendor to determine cause and keep from re-occurring.

STATISTICS
Service Team: 
Network & Security Engineering