Category Archives: Network

Scheduled network outage on Tuesday August 5th 6:30-7:00AM

Posted on August 4, 2025 by ndobie

Please be aware of a scheduled network outage impacting Clapp Library and several other buildings on Tuesday, August 5th, from 6:30 AM to 7:00 AM. During this 30-minute period, fiber optic connections will be offline, resulting in no Wi-Fi or … Continue reading →

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Trouble with VPN/Web Apps on Verizon Internet?

Posted on July 11, 2025 by ndobie

UPDATE: 7/10/25 2:30PM  –  The Verizon issue appears to have been resolved. ********************************* We have received reports from community members using Verizon as their Internet Service Provider (ISP) that they are experiencing difficulties accessing certain services, including VPN and web … Continue reading →

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Monday, July 14th 7AM – Wireless Network Update

Posted on July 10, 2025 by ndobie

Wireless network infrastructure requires downtime for us to apply an important security patch as well as install new SSL (Secure Sockets Layer) certificates. For enhanced security the agencies that issue SSL certificates are issuing them with a validity of 1 … Continue reading →

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License Manager Monthly Server Updates – Every 4th Tuesday of the Month

Posted on June 18, 2025 by ndobie

As part of our data security and risk mitigation efforts we are required to update our servers on a regular basis to ensure critical patches are being applied. We strongly advise that you save your work prior to the update … Continue reading →

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Planned network maintenance on Saturday June 21st between 11am – 1pm

Posted on June 17, 2025 by ndobie

Last Thursday evening, one of our firewalls failed to pass internet traffic. We have a second one which should have taken over the traffic handling when the primary failed, but that also failed, resulting in network outage. Fortinet, the firewall … Continue reading →

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License Manager Monthly Server Updates – Every 4th Tuesday of the Month

Posted on April 15, 2025 by ndobie

As part of our data security and risk mitigation efforts we are required to update our servers on a regular basis to ensure critical patches are being applied. We strongly advise that you save your work prior to the update … Continue reading →

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Monday, March 3rd at 7AM – Authentication Redundancy

Posted on February 25, 2025 by ndobie

After the network outage in November, we have been actively working to build redundancies to avoid long outages. As a first step, we will be supplementing our Duo Single Signon (SSO) environment by adding systems hosted outside our campus network. … Continue reading →

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01/31/25 Network is down in Green Hall and Founders

Posted on January 31, 2025 by ndobie

The Wellesley network is currently down in Green Hall and Founders as a result of damage to the fiber optic cable that serves these buildings. We are working with the vendor and the Facilities team to resolve the issue and … Continue reading →

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Change to VPN on Friday Nov 8th at 8AM

Posted on November 7, 2024 by ndobie

During the last few days we have been targeted by hackers who have been running a brute force password attack through our VPN (virtual private network) system. In short, they repeatedly try to login to several of our accounts with … Continue reading →

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Intermittent issues accessing our Virtual Private Network 

Posted on November 5, 2024 by ndobie

We are experiencing intermittent issues with access to the VPN. We are investigating this and will provide updates as needed. We apologize for the inconvenience this may cause you. To: Everyone From, more info: Nephellie Dobie, Assistant CIO, LTS x3671 … Continue reading →

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