FNWI network cable administration by ISC networks   news

As of October 11, 2021, C&CZ will transfer the management of the fixed data connection points (network outlets, switch ports) in the Faculty of Science buildings (Huygens, Mercator, HFML/FELIX, Goudsmit, Proeftuin) to ILS networks. This concerns both activating/deactivating an outlet (patching) and adjusting settings or solving malfunctions. Taking care of the IP addresses (DNS/DHCP) and the shielding/security by means of Access Control Lists will remain with C&CZ. All requests and malfunctions relating to data connection points can therefore be addressed to the Helpdesk of the ISC as of October 11....

BigBlueButton videoconferencing updated   news

The experimental BigBlueButton videoconferencing website has been moved and updated. The new URL is https://bigbluebutton.science.ru.nl/ , you can create your own login, or use the one you had on https://bigbb.science.ru.nl, which is being redirected to the new site. The status remains “experimental”; without warranty.

October 1, 2021 · updated March 13, 2024 ·  Simon

AVS Science now part of AVS Radboud   news

As of October 1, the Science AVS will be merged with Radboud AVS. This reorganization is a result of the improvement programme of facility management and real estate, with bundling of similar services on campus. This bundling creates a campus-wide AV service that will be controlled in its entirety by Campus & Facilities. For FNWI users, the existing contact options (email, telephone) and availability of local support will be continued for the time being in accordance with the existing situation....

September 28, 2021 · updated March 13, 2024 ·  Bjorn Bellink

Fileserver 'flock' overloaded   cpk

Course software that had been tested caused an overload of the fileserver when it was used by 100 students. The performance of the fileserver was impaired for all users of network shares of this server.

September 17, 2021 · updated March 13, 2024 · 

Major RU network maintenance October 9 08:30-15:00   news

ISC network announcement. Saturday October 9, between 08:00 and 15:00, major RU network maintenance will be carried out. During the maintenance window there will be interruptions of maximum 15 minutes. For the FNWI buildings, the maintenance will end 15:00 hours, for the other RU buildings, it might continue until 19:00 hours.

September 15, 2021 · updated March 13, 2024 ·  Wim

VPN onbereikbaar   cpk

A broken PDU has offlined a switch, which has caused the VPN server to be unreachable (and several other things, which don’t affect users).

April 24, 2021 · updated March 13, 2024 · 

Mailman lists sender address change: from sender to list address   news

DMARC is increasingly being used as a spamfilter, checking whether the sender ought to send mail via this route. To comply with this for mail sent through Mailman, we will change the From: sender address to the list address. The current: > From: Some User <some.user@somewhere.domain> > Sender: "listname" <listname-bounces@science.ru.nl> will be changed to: > From: Some User via listname <listname@science.ru.nl> > Reply-To: Some User <some.user@somewhere.domain> > Sender: "listname" <listname-bounces@science.ru.nl>...

April 20, 2021 · updated March 13, 2024 ·  Peter

Linux login server lilo5 decommissioned   news

The support for Ubuntu 16.04 LTS ends on April 30th, 2021. Therefore we will turn off lilo5 with this version of Ubuntu on May 1st, 2021. The default login server (lilo.science.ru.nl) points to lilo7 with Ubuntu 20.04 LTS, but lilo6 with Ubuntu 18.04 LTS will remain available until support for this version ends in 2023. The signatures of the C&CZ loginservers can be checked. Please also check these tips for improving your SSH settings tips for improving your SSH settings....

April 20, 2021 · updated March 13, 2024 ·  Simon

Central E-mail/Calendar disruption (exchange)   cpk

Due to an emergency maintenance, the central microsoft exchange server is unavailable for 4 hours. This may also affect systems that are dependent on exchange. E-mail and calendar functionality is expected to be restored when the maintenance is done around 13:30 Today.

April 14, 2021 · updated March 13, 2024 · 

Maple new version: Maple2021   news

The latest version of Maple, Maple2021, can be found on the Install network share and has been installed on C&CZ managed Linux computers. License codes can be requested from C&CZ helpdesk or postmaster by departments that take part in the license.

March 30, 2021 · updated March 13, 2024 ·  Peter