Fido.Net Status Updates

ADSL Network Issues

Following on from and as a direct result of the power failure at TeleCity Redbus today, Enta Net (our ADSL partner) experienced an issue with part of their DSL network which resulted in connections not being passed from their network to our network. Engineers were sent to site and worked to repair / replace equipment…

Planned Maintenance under way

Previously notified planned maintenance https://status.fido.net/2011/04/24/planned-maintenance-hardware-upgrades/ is now under way Affected machines include web-11 vpsh2 vpsh4 R1 Backup Server We hope to have these machines restored within the next hour After which we will start work on vpsh6 web-12 relay-1 redmail.com service and other dedicated customer servers (who have been notified directly)

Network Issues

We are aware of networking issues with connections via Level 3 and Deutsche Telecom through the Arbinet Data Exchange. Engineers are investigating these issues currently and have as a temporary measure shut down the affected connections until contact can be made with the relevant technicians in the US / Germany

TeleHouse switch failure

Overnight we detected errors on a switch in Telehouse which provides connectivity to London-3. Following further tests today it was determined that a serious fault had developed with the hardware and engineers were despatched to investigate further. A faulty unit was identified and replaced at 21:58 this evening which will have resulted in a brief…

Fido Apps Upgrades

The planned overnight upgrade of the Fido Apps service has unfortunately taken longer than anticipated. Whilst the database upgrade should have been completed by 05:00 there were some complications with one of the back end databases (ex1) which have resulted in an overrun. Customers who are located on this server will be unable to access…

network issues

At approximately 14:00 today we experienced a problem with one of our core routers which resulted in a number of peering sessions dropping and some instability as a result. Engineers were quick to respond and dealt with the hardware issue, restoring normal resilient services by 14:20. We would like to apoligise to any customers affected…