Service Interruptions

We are experiencing some internet slowness right now. I am looking for the cause and solution to this problem.
Update 4:00PM I still need to find a more permanent solution, but I believe this problem has now been worked around.

EBSCO has notified us that its EBSCOhost EJS service will be down for routine maintenance for about an hour, beginning at 10:00 PM, Friday, February 13, 2009.

EJS provides linked full-text access to a handful of journals in EBSCO databases such as Academic Search Complete and Business Source Elite.

We are currently experiencing some routing issues that are causing us to make use of our internet connections in a way that is not at all optimal. Though our internet connectivity remains up, users may notice slowness when accessing sites on the internet. I have been working with ICN technicians to figure out the cause of the problem and solve it.

Update Internet service is now back to normal.

The Admin1 network server (admin1.luther.edu) is currently experiencing troubles and may be inaccessible for some users. LIS is working to resolve the problem as quickly as possible.

Further updates will be posted here on the LIS Blog. Please contact the Help Desk at x1000 with any questions.

Beginning tonight shortly after 5:00 pm, Encore and Magnus will be unavailable for searching due to a system upgrade being applied at that time. Expected down time is about 2 hours.

Users wishing to search the catalog while the system is down may wish to try http://luthercollege.worldcat.edu.

LIS is doing maintenance on additional Microsoft Servers installing Update Patches after Midnight. This is due to the immediate importance of protecting our Network against the Conficker virus.

LIS is performing network maintenance for approximately 2 hours on Saturday at noon. This will be affecting Norby House, Occam House, Storre Theatre, Heating Plant, and Facilities Bldg. We are replacing a bad fan assembly in a main switch in Facilities wiring closet.

The network on first floor on the west wing of Valders is currently down. The outage is due to the failure of a network switch. The switch will be replaced and the network will come back up later this morning.

Update 9:30AM The Valders network is once again fully functional.

Update 9:00am : The LDAP server is back up and logins should work. Please contact the Help Desk with any issues.

The network outage in the Regents Center on 12-19-08 was due to damage caused to one of our fiber optic cables by the teeth of a rodent. Network service was only temporarily repaired at that time.

Tomorrow (1-6-09 ) technicians will properly repair the connection by fusion splicing it back together. The network in the Regents Center will be down most of the day while the repairs are made.