Lnet – LOAS's network for students

Lnet is a student network that Lappeenranta Student Housing Foundation (LOAS) offers to students living in its apartments. The network can be accessed from nearly all LOAS residences in Lappeenranta, including all apartments near the Lappeenranta University of Technology (LUT) and Saimaa University of Applied Sciences (Saimia) in Skinnarila.

This means that the network is used by LOAS residents (mostly students of LUT and Saimia). Lnet provides 24-hour Internet access to the residents mainly for study purposes.

News

Connection to Kalliopellonkatu broken since early July

2023-08-28

Connection to Kalliopellonkatu has been broken since July 4th. Please direct any inquiries on this to the LOAS office.

Network outage on Tue 18th April 2023

2023-04-21

There was a widespread network outage on Tuesday night 18th April due to malformed/malicious traffic originating from Tervahaudankatu.

Connections down in city center, Huhtiniemi and Kourula

2021-09-01

Connections are down in city center, Huhtiniemi and Kourula due to cut cable between Skinnarila and Huhtiniemi. We hope the issue will be fixed on Thursday at the latest.

Network break in Punkkerimäki and Linnunrata on Thu 6th Aug

2020-08-06

Someone cut the the power in Punkkerikatu 1, shutting down the switch that connects Punkkerimäki and Linnunrata upstream. The outage lasted from approx. 14:15 to 20:00.

Network more or less broken from Wed Jun 3rd to Thu Jun 11th

2020-06-11

There were various problems in the network starting from the late night of Wed 3rd June. The wired network was mostly working with a temporary system from Thu 4th, and the wireless networks were fixed on Wed 10th June.

Wireless access point replaced in Leirikatu 1 C

2020-03-15

The access point in the 1st floor of Leirikatu 1 C exhibited issues and was replaced on Saturday the 14th.

Network problems on Tuesday night March 10th

2020-03-15

Greater than usual amounts of traffic caused issues with the network firewall on Tuesday night March 10th, resulting in slowdowns. The firewall was tuned the same night, and the problem seems to be gone.

Funet network maintenance Thu March 5th in the morning

2019-03-04

Funet will upgrade the software of their Lappeenranta router on Thu March 5th between 06 and 07 in the morning. This will cause an approx. 10 min. outage to connections between Lnet and the rest of the world.

Update in Lnet's connection to the rest of the world on Thu Sep 5th

2019-09-03

The uplink connection from Lnet to the rest of the world will be switched to a new connection next Thursday September 5th at 17:00. The switch will cause a short network break.

Upgrades to connections to the city centre on Wed 20th, again

2019-02-11

The trunk connections to and within the city centre will be upgraded on Wednesday 13th February. The upgrades take place between 17 and 23, and will cause network breaks in all sites at and near the city centre (Snellmaninkatu, Savonkatu, Väinölänkatu 27, Väinö Valveen katu, Taipalsaarentie, Huopatehtaankatu, and Kangastuvankatu).

This is a retake on the work that was to be done two weeks ago. Unforeseen problems prevented finishing it then.

Problems with connections to Huopatehtaankatu 2

2019-02-20

There have been issues with the connections to Huopatehtaankatu for approx. the last two weeks. The connections to 2 B and 2 C broke somewhat suddenly. The immediate problems have been fixed, but the root cause is still somewhat vague, and there may still be need to change the connections, which would cause short breaks at some point in the future.

If any acute issues arise again, please report them via the fault report form.

Upgrades to connections to the city centre

2019-02-11

Connection break between Lnet and the rest of the world early Thu morning May 16th

2019-05-16

The connection between Lnet and the rest of the world was broken on Thursday May 16th from 00:00 to 03:09. The break was caused by fiber work related to the road works between Lahti and Kouvola.

Connection lost to Pallo and Tervaranta

2017-11-18

The connection to Pallo and Tervaranta was cut on Saturday evening. Probably a hardware issue, will be fixed when possible.

(UPDATE Sun 2017-11-19): First aid given to hung-up switch. The connection seems to work now, time will tell if there was some bigger problem requiring more invasive maintenance.

Network break in Punkkerikatu and Linnunrata on Sunday the 5th 18:00-22:00

2017-10-31

Hardware upgrades will cause a break in network connections in Punkkerikatu (buildings 1, 2, 5 and 7) and Linnunrata 10. The work takes place on Sunday 5th November, between 18 and 22.

Hardware problems in Punkkeri 5 D

2017-07-07

Network connections broken due to a hardware problem in Punkkerikatu 5 D, starting Thursday afternoon.

Sammonlahti buildings C, D, E, F - network connection broken

2016-12-02

The network connection to Sammonlahti buildings C, D, E and F is broken as of today (Friday). Likely a hardware fault.

UPDATE: The switch in E-building was stuck, cutting the connections through it to the other buildings. Works for now, we'll see if any problems appear again.

DNS problems at Karelia-Park and Kourula at the end the October

2016-11-04

A couple of devices dealing out invalid IPv6 -information were removed from the network at Karelia-Park and Kourula. They may have caused problems with using the network, but if any issues persists, we ask you to report about them.

Changes made to Lnet IP addresses on Friday 22nd

2016-07-22

As announced earlier, the registration system used in Lnet for the last ten years was removed from service today. At the same, some changes were made to the IP address allocation within the network. Also, the old semi-static address assignment to users was made completely dynamic as in most other networks.

The changes caused mostly short breaks in connectivity between 17 and 20 on Friday. As usual, any problems may be reported using the form.