In order to perform server maintenance and software upgrades, there will
be several brief interruptions in York's DNS and DHCP services on Thursday
May 1st, 6:00am-7:30am.
The DNS servers are used by internet applications to convert host names to
network IP addresses. DHCP servers are used to assign IP addresses to
specific computers at York.
Users who have correctly configured their computers with the IP addresses
of three DNS servers will likely experience small delays on all internet
connections during the server outage. Users who have configured their
computers with only one DNS server will likely suffer a complete outage on
all internet connections.
DHCP users (ex: campus computer labs, residence network users), will
notice a delay of several minutes getting an IP address from the DHCP
servers and may lose connectivity during this outage. Any machines turned
on before the outage and assigned IP addresses by the DHCP servers prior
to the outage will not be affected.
Information about York's DNS and DHCP service is available in the Network
section of the CNS Computing website:
http://www.yorku.ca/computing/facultystaff/internet
Please direct questions to CNS Client Services
(phone: 416-736-5800, email: [log in to unmask])
CNS Announce