Updated Wireless Maintenance

SERVICE:  Wireless Maintenance

IMPACT: The wireless networks cofc-guest and cofc-secure may experience intermittent service during the service dates.
DATES: Monday, December 21, 2015 and Tuesday, December 22, 2015

OVERVIEW: Wireless cofc-guest portal for students may experience intermittent download availability of cofc-secure certificate bundle on 12/21/2015. Users of cofc-secure may experience intermittent service between 5pm and 6pm on 12/22/2015 while new security certificates are installed. After January 7th, 2016, some users may need to have their certificates manually removed and new ones installed if their device does not automatically download the new certificates from our servers. Please contact helpdesk@cofc.edu if your device has difficulty connecting to cofc-secure due to expired certificates.

Date/Time Affected Areas
Monday, December 21, 2015 (Updated date)
During installation of repaired guest portal, the availability of the certificate bundle may be intermittent.
  • Campus-wide cofc-guest security bundle access

 

Tuesday, December 22, 2015 -January 7, 2016

Some users may experience trouble connecting to cofc-secure due to expired certificates. Helpdesk may be needed to manually remove expired certificates and replace with the new certificates on client devices.

  • Campus-wide cofc-secure access for some users

You can view a map of the campus at http://www.cofc.edu/visit/documents/campusmap_det.pdf.

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: IT publishes all scheduled maintenance on the IT blog at http://blogs.cofc.edu/it/. We encourage you to check this site often to be aware of scheduled preventative maintenance.

If you experience any issues connecting to the CofC-guest or CofC-secure wireless networks outside of the maintenance windows, please contact the Helpdesk at (843) 953-3375 or helpdesk@cofc.edu; or students can stop by the Information Desk in the library for assistance from Student Computing Support.