WiscNet incident

[2298750] WiscNet - Northern Lights - Down

Resolved after 38 minutes, affecting University of Minnesota, on October 2, 2026.

postmortem Oct 02, 2026, 07:41 AM UTC

Date & Time of Incident: 10/2 1:11am Duration: 61 Minutes Technician\(s\): Johnathon Laun Review Date: 10/2 Brief Summary: We observed traffic alarms indicating the site was down Root Cause: Unsure, seems to maybe be related to Merit Peering maintenance due to the timing of other alarms #2296156 \(WiscNet TKT, 1795411 Merit Ticket\)

Started
Oct 02, 2026, 07:02 AM UTC
Resolved
Oct 02, 2026, 07:40 AM UTC
Duration
38m
Detected by Pingoru
Oct 02, 2026, 07:02 AM UTC

Affected components

University of Minnesota

Update timeline

  1. identified Oct 02, 2026, 07:02 AM UTC

    Hello, Starting at 1:11am we observed alarms coming in for the **University of Minnesota Northern Lights** going down. Please verify power and equipment at your site. If you are not aware of any internal work occurring pleas reach out to the WiscNet NOC at **\(608\) 442-6761, option1 **. Thank you,

  2. identified Oct 02, 2026, 07:38 AM UTC

    Hello, We are seeing alarms for this clear as of 2:12am. Thank you,

  3. resolved Oct 02, 2026, 07:40 AM UTC

    This incident has been resolved.

  4. postmortem Oct 02, 2026, 07:41 AM UTC

    Date & Time of Incident: 10/2 1:11am Duration: 61 Minutes Technician\(s\): Johnathon Laun Review Date: 10/2 Brief Summary: We observed traffic alarms indicating the site was down Root Cause: Unsure, seems to maybe be related to Merit Peering maintenance due to the timing of other alarms #2296156 \(WiscNet TKT, 1795411 Merit Ticket\)

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