The project involves replacing and upgrading firewalls, core switches, building switches, and a significant number of wireless access points in the residence halls.
The first phase of these replacements will occur during fall break. Specifically, campus firewalls will be replaced Thursday, Oct. 14, beginning at 1 a.m. The network will be unavailable for up to four hours while the equipment is installed and tested. Clients using Cisco Anyconnect for VPN services will continue to connect in the same manner.
We are planning a second outage over Thanksgiving break, tentatively scheduled for Tuesday, Nov. 23, at 1 a.m. More information on this cutover of the core switches will be provided closer to this date.
We appreciate your support as we put the new equipment in place.
Brian Rellinger
Associate Provost for Academic Support
Chief Information Officer
740-368-3120 / helpdesk@owu.edu