We have time right now and are taking the opportunity to upgrade Fichtenweg 26 with new hardware.
During the installation, you will be offline (about 90 minutes).
We will start at 9:20 PM.
Upgrade Fichtenweg 26
on Category: Network Status
on Heads-Up: Friday, 06/12/2024 – New switch, new luck! 🚀
on Hi everyone,
It’s time! On Friday, December 6, 2024, we’re finally installing the new generation of switches in the dorms on Konrad-Adenauer-Strssße. 🎉
What does this mean for you?
During the installation – about 3 hours – the dorms will be completely offline. No connection, no internet, no streaming, sorry! 🙈
Please don’t contact us during this time or ask how much longer it will take. It’ll take as long as it takes – but we promise to work as fast as we can! 💪
What’s new?
The new MikroTik switches are a test to see if they can replace our old Alcatel devices. Small tests went smoothly, but now it’s time for the real thing. Fingers crossed that everything works as planned! 🤞
Thanks for your patience and understanding – after the update, you’ll be the first to enjoy the new speed! 🖥️⚡
Your volunteers of the Netz-AK 🌐
Update: Saturday, 3:05 am we are back in Fichtenweg and configuring the last minor things. (That were very long three hours 😃 )
Update: Sunday, ~9 pm. we are replacing some modules and hope to connect the dormitories in Konrad-Adenauer-Strasse at 10 Gigabit to Fichtenweg 5.
2024-11-20 Total outage
on Today (~8:34 AM) we had a power outage.
Manual intervention was required, the dorms were back online around 09:03 AM.
Update: The outage also particularly affected a switch only relevant for the dorms in Pestalozzistraße 41 – since 4:10 PM this also is fixed, and everything should work again.
2024-09-30 Total outage the 2nd
on Today (~4:19 pm), there was second unexpected power outage caused by a tripped circuit breaker (FI switch), which disconnected our systems from the network for about 90 minutes.
Since manual intervention was needed, we had a downtime of around 30 to 45 minutes before the systems were fully up again.
The outage wasn’t caused by anything we were doing, so it came as a surprise. Unfortunately, the UPS (uninterruptible power supply) didn’t last long enough until I could bike up the hill to Fichtenweg 5 to fix it on-site.
These kinds of incidents can happen, but most of you probably didn’t even notice the outage.
2024-09-30 Total outage
on Today (3:58 pm), there was an unexpected power outage caused by a tripped circuit breaker (FI switch), which disconnected our systems from the network for about 90 minutes.
Since manual intervention was needed, we had a downtime of around 30 to 45 minutes before the systems were fully up again.
The outage wasn’t caused by anything we were doing, so it came as a surprise. Unfortunately, the UPS (uninterruptible power supply) didn’t last long enough until I could bike up the hill to Fichtenweg 5 to fix it on-site.
These kinds of incidents can happen, but most of you probably didn’t even notice the outage.
2024-09-11 Kaiser-Wilhelm-Strasse 10
on Our systems have been showing an outage at our connections at Kaiser-Wilhelm-Strasse 10 in Geislingen an der Steige since Wednesday, September 11th.
We received the first report from a resident on September 12, 2024, at 11:42 AM.
Without such a report, we cannot take action because there can be many reasons for the outage of our connections, like construction work in the building or on the street, or other reasons for a power cut.
In the past, we have gone to sites unnecessarily with fully configured replacement devices, so we no longer respond without a report from a resident.
Since we cannot access the building and the technical rooms in the basement without the help of a janitor, no repairs have been possible yet.
We will try again today to fix the issue.
Update 10 AM: The janitor was reached and turned the power off and on again. Everything is back online. The availability and accessibility of janitors is very important!
A big thank you to the janitor for his help – he saved us over two hours of driving time.
2024-08-21 Muenzgasse 7
on Muenzgasse 7 has been shown as offline since last night.
So far, no one has contacted us. We are preparing to upgrade the building to Gigabit. (12:00)
3 PM: No power, no internet. We upgraded the hardware. As soon as the power is back on you got gigabit internet.
2024-07-24 Pestalozzistrasse 63
on One of four switches in the house stopped working.
First report from the house at 11:02 AM.
2:10 PM: Quick fix on site, now only 12 rooms are offline.
… Get replacement from Tübingen …
4:50 PM: Back in Tübingen, you are online.
2024-06-17 Fichtenweg 9
on We got some outages reported and decided to exchange our hardware in your basement.
You will be offline for about one hour and have a gigabit connection afterwards.
2024-06-11 Fichtenweg 21
on A switch died, we have to exchange it and will upgrade you to gigabit.
You`ll be offline for ~ one hour.
Update 6:20 pm: there a a few tests running, but most of you should be online and faster than before.