Equipment malfunction causes wireless outage

University wireless network users experienced a wireless Internet outage of about 45 minutes on Wednesday morning around 11 a.m. due to equipment malfunction.

University Spokesperson Martin Mbugua said that a piece of equipment that controls access to the wireless system to the network malfunctioned and an automatic backup was unable to pick up the wireless connection.

OIT staff are working to determine the cause of the malfunction in both the wireless device and the automatic backup. Mbugua said there is no indication that the outage was caused by inclement weather.