PittNet wired and Wi-Fi service will be affected in several locations during brief network maintenance scheduled for this Friday, April 4, from 9–11 p.m. Each of the following areas will lose data connection for about 5 minutes at within the outage window:
• Alumni Hall (4th floor) • Amos Hall (2nd floor) • Biomedical Science Tower 3 (3rd floor) • Bruce Hall (2nd floor) • Forbes Tower (6th floor) • Information Sciences Building (Floors 7 & 8) • Ruskin Hall (4th floor) • Sennott Square (Floors 2 & 4) • Space Research Coordination Center (5th floor)
This maintenance is part of vendor-required best practices to ensure the continued security, stability, and reliability of older network hardware components. Pitt IT has completed checks to ensure that the hardware is ready for the maintenance and will be actively engaged with the vendor throughout the maintenance period.
Please call the Technology Help Desk at +1-412-624-HELP (4357) if you experience any issues or have questions regarding this maintenance. This effort is being led by Dan Mahaven, associate director, operations.
Posted Apr 03, 2025 - 14:44 EDT
This scheduled maintenance affects: Wired and Wi-Fi Networks (PittNet Wired Network, Eduroam, PittNet Wi-Fi, Pitt Guest Wi-Fi).