Current Technical Issues:

Updated--February 8th, 2012 (3:44 pm)

All connectivity for FCS has been restored.

Updated--February 8th, 2012 (3:15 pm)

Power outages in Bunn are currently effecting internet connectivity at Bunn Middle and Louisburg Elementary. Updates to follow.

Updated--January 17th, 2012 (11:00 am)

FCS email and all applications running normally.

Updated--January 17th, 2012 (7:30 am)

FCS emails accounts not receiving external email. Updates to Follow.

Updated--January 5th, 2012 (6:00 pm)

All applications running normally.

Updated--January 4th, 2012 (8:00 pm)

FCS Moodle application is 90% functional. We are still working on some features, but users can access the database.

Updated--January 3rd, 2012 (8:00 am)

FCS Moodle application experiencing database errors, possibly related to recent upgrade. Our Moodle technical support vendor has been notified. We will update as we know more.

Updated--December 28th (5:00 pm)

The entire FCS network has been restored. All applications running normally.

Planned Network Upgrade--December 28th (all day)

The entire FCS network (email, network drives, internet) will undergo routine maintenance. Users will not be able to access email inside or outside the FCS network. The outage is scheduled to last all day.

Updated: December 17th, 2011 (8:00 am)

Planned Upgrades This Week:

Tuesday, December 20th--Moodle will undergo routine maintenance and an important update.

Updated: December 16th, 2011 (8:00 am)

All planned upgrades finished successfully. The FCS network now boasts a more reliable backbone, including some points of redundancy.

Updated: December 12th, 2011 (8:00 am)

Planned Upgrades This Week:

Tuesday, December 13th--Very brief outage to the TLMS link
(TLMS, BMS, LHS, BHS, BES, EBES, LMES, LES, LOMES, FHS)

Wednesday, December 14th--Very brief outage to the LHS link as they will communicate directly with CO, off the TLMS link

Wednesday, December 14th--Mitchell Media/International Center outage to permanently repair radio connections

Updated: November 29, 2011 (2:40 pm)

Both FCS email addresses are flowing freely.

Updated: November 28, 2011 (9:00 am)

FCS Apps email currently not receiving email, but ongoing email flowing. Regular @fcschools.net email not affected. Updates to follow.

Updated: November 22, 2011 (10:35 am)

Franklinton Elementary School network is fully restored.

All Schools and Offices are functioning at full capacity.

Updated: November 21, 2011 (9:00 am)

Franklinton Elementary School network is currently down due to planned switch replacement. Updates to follow.

Updated: November 8, 2011 (2:40 pm)

All Schools and Offices are functioning at full capacity.

Updated: November 8, 2011 (11:00 am)

All Schools are functioning at full capacity.

IC/MMC is still experiencing an outage, but should be resolved soon.

Updated: November 8, 2011 (7:30 am)

TLMS and schools effected in previous outage currently operating on slow, backup radio. Tower contractors will work this morning to get the faster connection functional.

All other schools and offices are fully functional.

Updated: November 7, 2011 (8:00 am)

Tower contractors currently working on link to TLMS. This is effecting TLMS, LHS, LES, BMS, BHS, BES, EBES, LMES, and IC/MMC.

All other schools and offices are fully functional.

Updated: November 4, 2011 (10:00 am)

All FCS email (internal and external) now up and fully functional.

Updated: November 2, 2011 (8:30pm)

FCS Webmail outside of the district/network and all Mobile Device (Apple, Android, Blackberry, etc) email is currently down due to an email upgrade. More information will come.

(Construction at the new Central Office Tower)

Previous Network Projects:

Week of October 31-November 4 (updated 11/2!):

1. Builds tower on Tuesday 11/1 - Wednesday 11/2
2. Stack tower on Thursday 11/3 PM
3. Relocate TLMS 5GHz link to new tower Thursday 11/3 PM
4. Bring the WAN up on the 100 mb/sec link on Thursday (**possible sluggish network**)
5. Remove remaining equipment from old tower / drop tower Friday 11/3 PM
6. Install Gig link, Central Office, Maintenance links on new tower Friday/Saturday 11/4
7. (11/3 pm-11/4 am--OUTAGE)--Maintenance/Bus Garage and MMC/International Center
8. Switch link back to GB radio on Friday afternoon.
9. (BES OUTAGE TBD) Replace cable at BHS on the BHS to BES link.  BES outage.
10. Install TC to CCMS link Monday 11/7 - Tuesday 11/8
11. CCMS/FES/YES/RES (1-2 hours) --Tentatively Saturday/Sunday 11/5-11/6

Updated: October 13, 2011 (8:30pm)

Moodle is functional.

Full network connectivity has been restored.

Updated: October 13, 2011

Due to the power outage yesterday, the Moodle user database is corrupt. Users cannot login to the site. Updates will follow.

Updated: October 12, 2011

Schools experienced a brief outage today due to a blown transformer at 53 West River Road. The Town of Louisburg quickly repaired this problem. All connectivity has been restored.

Updated: October 7, 2011 (4:30 pm)

Lightspeed issued a fix to the problem. Filtering policies are being administered correctly now.

Updated: October 7, 2011 (8:30 am)

Nightly backup of Filter caused issues with identification of client machines. At this time, Override functionality not available. Vendor is working on a solution.

Updated: August 30, 2011 (10.42 am)

Full network connectivity has been restored.

Updated: August 30, 2011 (7:30 am)

Cconnectivity has been restored to BMS

Updated: August 29, 2011 (9:00 pm)

LES and BMS have lost network connectivity due to power outages.

Updated: August 29, 2011 (8:34 am)

Full network connectivity has been restored.

Updated: August 29, 2011 (7:45 am)

Connectivity restored to FES

Updated: August 29, 2011 (6:35 am)

Connectivity restored to LMES

Updated: August 28, 2011 (11:00 pm)

Network connectivity restored to all schools except FES, LMES, and YES

Updated: August 28, 2011 (12:00 pm)

Network connectivity at all schools is down due to power outages

Updated: August 1, 2011 (11:49 am)

Full network connectivity has been restored.

A faulty switch damaged in last evening's storm was the cause.

Updated: August 1, 2011 (9:49 am)

Network connectivity between CO and TLMS is sluggish, creating slow traffic throughout the district. The Technology Department is currently working on this issue and will update as necessary.

Updated: June 20, 2011 (7:49 am)

Network connectivity has been restored.

*PLEASE* remember to reboot your workstation to see the network drives again.

Updated: June 20, 2011 (7:35 am)

We are experiencing a network outage of unknown cause. More information to follow.

Updated: May 10, 2011 (3:06 pm)

Network connectivity has been restored.

Updated: May 10, 2011 (2:35 pm)

Laurel Mill ES experienced a power outage. All network functions are down.

Updated: April 21, 2011 (9:05 am)

Network connectivity has been restored.

Updated: April 21, 2011 (7:55 am)

We started experiencing random network outages across the district intermittently around 6:00am. Our engineer is currently working on the problem. Updates to follow.

Updated: April 20, 2011 (11:05 am)

Network upgrades are finishing at most locations. You will begin seeing network connectivity restored.

*PLEASE* remember to reboot your workstation to see the network drives again.

Updated: April 20, 2011 (7:20 am)

Network upgrades are continuing. We anticipate connectivity soon.

Updated: April 19, 2011 (12:20 pm)

The FCS network upgrade has begun. Long Mill's network has been taken down to upgrade the radios on its tower. At 3:00pm today the rest of the schools will be taken down for upgrades. CENTRAL OFFICE and WEST RIVER ROAD ANNEX will continue to function.

Updated: March 30, 2011 (12:20 pm)

FCS may continue to experience sporaditic outages through the afternoon, but at the moment, all schools are connected.

Updated: March 30, 2011 (9:20 am)

FCS is experiencing wide-spread network problems. There will be pockets of connectivity. Updates to follow.

Updated: March 30, 2011 (8:10 am)

The electrical issues effecting the western part of the County have been resolved.

Updated: March 30, 2011 (7:00 am)

Due to electrical issues at Cedar Creek, CCMS, YES, FHS, FES, and RES are currently experiencing network problems. Updates to follow.

Updated: March 23, 2011 (4:30 pm)

Bunn Elementary's network problems have been resolved at this point. The long range solution is not in place, but they are operational.

Bunn Elementary is experiencing network connectivity problems due to the wind and interference with the wireless radios between BES and BHS. Technology is working to put in place a temporary solution as quickly as possible. Updates to follow.

Updated: February 16, 2011 (1:30 pm)