Hardware, configuration problems to blame for disruption
The UA's Internet-access system shut down for nearly 12 hours yesterday, leaving thousands of students, faculty and staff locked out of cyberspace.
The system failed because of a breakdown in the main router that connects the university's ethernet system to the "outside world," said Manny Burruel, UA Network Control manager.
"The entire campus has been affected," Burruel said.
University of Arizona students, faculty and staff were affected by the network crash, which occurred at 6:10 a.m. yesterday.
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