No impact incident

Northwestern Information Technology: Intercampus Connectivity - Reduced Redundancy

Affected: Intercampus Connectivity (Network Connectivity)

Current status of Northwestern Information Technology: Under maintenance — live Northwestern Information Technology status

Timeline

1. Oct 1, 2026, 22:17 UTC
   identified
   Northwestern Information Technology has identified an issue affecting redundancy in the network connectivity between Chicago and Evanston campuses. Support staff are working to restore full redundancy as soon as possible. There is no impact to services at this time. The next update will be provided by 9:30 CDT on Friday, October 2nd.
2. Oct 2, 2026, 14:26 UTC
   identified
   Northwestern Information Technology continues to investigate an issue affecting redundancy in the network connectivity between Chicago and Evanston campuses. Support staff are working to restore full redundancy as soon as possible. There is no impact to services at this time. The next update will be provided by 11:30 CDT on Friday, October 2nd.
3. Oct 2, 2026, 16:30 UTC
   identified
   Northwestern Information Technology continues to investigate an issue affecting redundancy in the network connectivity between Chicago and Evanston campuses. Support staff are working to restore full redundancy as soon as possible. There is no impact to services at this time. The next update will be provided by 15:00 CDT on Friday, October 2nd.
4. Oct 2, 2026, 19:43 UTC
   identified
   Northwestern Information Technology is working to restore full redundancy for network connectivity between the Chicago and Evanston campuses. There is no impact to services at this time. The next update will be provided by 17:00 CDT.
5. Oct 2, 2026, 21:55 UTC
   identified
   Northwestern Information Technology continues to work on restoring full redundancy for network connectivity between the Chicago and Evanston campuses. There is no impact to services at this time. The next update will be provided by 12:00 CDT on Saturday, October 3rd.
6. Oct 3, 2026, 17:07 UTC
   identified
   Northwestern Information Technology continues to work on restoring full redundancy for network connectivity between the Chicago and Evanston campuses. There is no impact to services at this time. The next update will be provided by 15:00 CDT on Monday, October 5th.
7. Oct 6, 2026, 14:53 UTC
   identified
   Additional troubleshooting on physical path issues is continuing today. The next update will be provided by 16:00 PM CDT, 10/6/2026.
8. Oct 6, 2026, 19:28 UTC
   resolved
   This incident has been resolved.

Updates as published by Northwestern Information Technology (original).