At about 2:00pm something happened on the network in the Art building such that by 4:00pm it caused major network issues and our core router was unable to handle the load. As a result all network traffic was unusable. At this time we have it narrowed down to 3 possible ports in the Art building.
UPDATE: It turns out that someone in a classroom in the Art building caused a network loop by plugging in 2 ethernet cables from our wall jack into the same switch. I guess 2 is better than one right? :) Well, the network loop was not detected because the switch over there did not have STP enabled (it is now) and therefore caused a traffic overload.
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