Riverfront 5 minute outage - September 22, 2026 7:00 AM

Due to a 5-minute power outage Tuesday, September 22, 2026 at 7:00 AM network including WIFI services may temporarily be down.  Asher building may not lose power but will lose connectivity during this short outage.

[MSC #1777762] | Maintenance | Detroit Merit Router | Switch RE to Master | Scheduled Maintenance | Update | 2026-09-17 18:00

There is an expected short outage at 6:00 PM later today. While the ISP has stated an hour outage, this is likely just for 10 minutes - as it was Wednesday night. Warning: This email originated from outside of the University. Do not click links or open attachments unless you recognize the sender and know the content is safe. Service Request Number: 1777762 Maintenance | Detroit Merit Router | Switch RE to Master: Scheduled Maintenance Date(s) in ET: Start: 2026-09-17 18:00 End: 2026-09-17 19:00 Description: Merit-engineering will be conducting scheduled maintenance to switch from RE1 to RE0 on Merit router. Comment: Downtime is expected while this node reloads, the entire window is reserved. Update(s): 2026-09-16 18:30:42: This maintenance has been completed. 2026-09-17 10:01:20: Merit will need to switch back to the backup route engine on this node. Your Organization(s) Affected: University of Detroit Mercy - Merit Internet Service Merit Support Center Merit Network, Inc. msc@merit.edu | http://www.merit.edu/ To view this ticket online - https://members.merit.edu/tickets/1777762

McNichols Internet Outage - Resolved

At 6:00 PM there was an emergency maintenance event on our internet connection.  Services was restored at 6:18 PM.

 

All services should now be back up and running.

Library Portal Down

ITS is working to restore access ASAP.

Riverfront Campus Internet Down

Our ISP is working to repair the internet connection to the Riverfront campus that occurred around 12:00 AM.  No ETA at the moment.

 

McNichols WIFI Partially Down

ITS is working to restore WIFI access to the 50% of campus that is presently down.

 

Library Website Down

ITS is working to restore access to the libraries.udmercy.edu website.  No ETA at the moment.