July 24th Network Disruption

Fri, 25 Jul 2025 15:39:03 -0400

Around 8:45 p.m. last night, July 24th, the UMBC campus experienced a network outage. During that time network connectivity for resources both on and off campus would have been down. Service was restored within minutes but users may have experienced short disruptions until 11 p.m. while the network team worked to stabilize the campus firewalls.

This outage was the result of firewall software updates that did not go as planned. As of 7 a.m. this morning, July 25th, the firewalls and network environment is operating normally.

For questions or lingering network issues, please don’t hesitate to contact the Technology Support Center.

Ray Soellner

Director of Network and Telecommunication Services // DoIT

rays1@umbc.edu