Partial Network Outage at Life Sciences Building, 5th floor (185 Meeting St.)

Incident Report for Brown University

Resolved

All network services are now working as expected.
If you are still experiencing network issues, please contact the OIT Service Center at 401-863-4357.
Posted Oct 15, 2026 - 13:31 EDT

Update

The faulty hardware has been replaced, and the replacement is in the process of being brought online.
Posted Oct 15, 2026 - 12:33 EDT

Identified

Portions of the 5th floor of the Sidney E. Frank Hall for Life Sciences are experiencing a network outage due to a hardware failure. OIT is actively working to replace the failed device. We will provide more details as soon as more information becomes available.
Posted Oct 15, 2026 - 12:08 EDT
This incident affected: Network Connectivity and Telecommunications (Wired Network, Wireless network (Brown, Brown-Guest, & Eduroam)).