IT WiscNet Outages

UW-River Falls is a member of WiscNet, a regional network located in Wisconsin. UW-River Falls connects to WiscNet as our first step in how we connect to the rest of the Internet.

The WiscNet network operations center (NOC) located in Madison informs WiscNet members about WiscNet operations via a mailing list. This mailing list is made available here so that you can be informed about possible network outages that will affect your ability to reach off-campus sites.

There are several key hub locations within WiscNet. UW-River Falls connects to the WiscNet hub in Eau Claire, WI. If you see information in the WiscNet outages that refers to the Eau Claire hub, chances are good that you will have problems connecting to sites located beyond Eau Claire. You can probably connect to UW-Eau Claire, UW-Stout, or PressEnter, but other UW campuses are likely unavailable as are sites outside Wisconsin.

WiscNet is a network which exists only within Wisconsin. To get connected to the larger Internet, the WiscNet network is connected to another network named NapNet. NapNet is located in Chicago, Illinois. You may see references to NapNet in the WiscNet outages information. If there is a problem with NapNet, chances are good that you may have problems connecting to sites outside of WiscNet. You should be able to connect to any site that is also part of WiscNet however.

Below is an index of all messages posted by the WiscNet NOC in the past two weeks, in reverse chronological order. Click on a title to see the full message.

• 08/28/08 05:14 [Wn-outages] WN notice: Weather related outages for 8/28
• 08/27/08 11:04 [Wn-outages] WN notice: KDL IOS upgrade - La Crosse, Platteville,Superior
• 08/27/08 08:57 [Wn-outages] WN notice: WiscNet mailing lists unavailable
• 08/26/08 14:21 [Wn-outages] WN notice: Charter Emergency Maintenance
• 08/25/08 13:09 [Wn-outages] WN notice: Century Tel maintenance - Fountain City(Phase 2)
• 08/24/08 05:38 [Wn-outages] WN notice: Unannounced Verizon Fiber Maintenanceaffecting ten WiscNet sites in North Central Wisconsin
• 08/23/08 08:58 [Wn-outages] WN notice: Weather Related Outages
• 08/20/08 20:50 [Wn-outages] WN notice: Milwaukee area outage during ATT test
• 08/20/08 12:56 [Wn-outages] WN notice: Fiber cut in Marinette area
• 08/20/08 11:30 [Wn-outages] WN notice: Fiber cut in Marinette area
• 08/18/08 11:42 [Wn-outages] WN notice: Century Tel maintenance - Fountain City
• 08/18/08 10:25 [Wn-outages] WN notice: Century Tel maintenance - Boscobel
• 08/15/08 13:01 [Wn-outages] WN notice: BCN Network Change 122272 - ATT Maintenance
• 08/15/08 12:58 [Wn-outages] WN notice: BCN Network Change 122270 - ATT Maintenance
• 08/15/08 12:51 [Wn-outages] WN notice: BCN Network Change 122268 (ATT MaintenanceRequest)
• 08/14/08 17:11 [Wn-outages] WN notice: UW Oshkosh campus annual power shutdown &net maintenance
• 08/14/08 15:26 [Wn-outages] WN notice: Three sites in Rice Lake area are down
• 08/14/08 11:57 [Wn-outages] WN notice: BCN Network Change 122267, Monday August 18,2008, 7:00p-8:00p - Non Disruptive

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