Monday the 6th July 2020  11:40a.m.   Abbeystead:   We are aware of an issue which has caused loss of service at Abbeystead.  Engineers are on their way and should be on site shortly.  Updates to follow. Update 12:30.  Engineers on site investigating the issue.  Update 14:20:  Normal service restored.  If you are still experiencing problems please restart your router.  If that does not resolve your connection issue please contact our technical support team via email: helpdesk@b4rn.org.uk or phone: 015242 38499

Saturday the 4th July 2020  1:00a.m.   Quernmore / Caton:   Maintenance work at the cabinet is expected to be brief but may extend to upwards of an hour.  Update 1:10a.m. Normal service resumed.  If you are still experiencing problems please restart your router.  If that does not resolve your connection issue please contact our technical support team via email: helpdesk@b4rn.org.uk or phone: 015242 38499

Monday the 29th June 2020 3:43 p.m.   Austwick:  A cable strike has affected the both the Austwick area and Rathmell.  A short outage would have been experienced in parts of the Austwick area until a resilient link restored service.  Residents on the Rathmell side of the break will still be experiencing issues. Update 8:40p.m. Engineers have been unable to complete repairs to bring customers live on the Rathmell side of the break this evening.  Work will resume in the morning with an expectation that repairs will be completed later in the day.  Update 30th June 9:00a.m. All our civils and enginnering teams are on site working to reinstate fibre and ducting.  Work will be in three phases: Reinstate ducting, blow replacement fibre, fuse fibre. Update 1.10p.m. Ducting and Fibre are now in place.  Engineers continue to work on the issue and are now splicing fibre to bring individual connections up.  We expect customer connections to come live in small groups over the rest of the day. Update 5.00p.m. We are beginning to restore individual customer services. Engineers will remain on site for the remainder of the evening, until the work is complete or they lose the light, to which remaining works will be completed on Wednesday due to safety concerns. Update 11:59p.m.  Engineers will return to site in the morning to complete works.

Monday the 29th June 2020  3:43 p.m.   Rathmell:  A cable strike has affected the Rathmell area.  Engineers have been despatched to site.  Further updates to follow.  Update: 4.30pm, Engineers on site for repairs.  Update: 7:10p.m.  Rathmell now live.

Sunday the 28th June 2020 9:30 p.m.   A possible fibre break between London and Manchester may be affecting some web services.  Update 10:30p.m.  The issue has been resolved.

Saturday the 27th June 2020 9:00 a.m.   We are aware of an issue affecting a number of customers.  Engineers are investigating the issue, and we will provide updates as information becomes available to us. Update 11:00 a.m: Engineers have identified a problem and have resolved the issue.

Friday the 26th June 2020 9:10p.m.   We are aware of an issue affecting a number of customers.  Update 10:30p.m: Engineers have identified the issue and we expect normal service to resume shortly.  Update 10:50p.m: Engineers have resolved the issue.  Normal service has been resumed.

Scheduled Maintenance Selside and Strickland Roger :  Friday the 26th June 2020 10p.m. to 4a.m. Saturday    We have become aware of an issue that requires preventative maintenance.

Dolphinholme:  Thursday the 25th June 2020 8:10a.m.    We are aware of an issue affecting all customers in Dolphinholme.  Engineers are investigating the issue and a team has been despatched to site.  Update 9:30 a.m. Normal service resumed.  If you are still experiencing problems please restart your router.

Selside and Strickland Roger:  Monday the 22nd June 2020 3:30p.m. and 3:45p.m.    Two very short outages are expected due to maintenance.  Update 14:00 Work Complete.

Network Maintenance – Every Wednesday – 01:00 to 08:00 – This maintenance window is used to perform network operations such as router firmware upgrades, equipment replacement, security updates, minor cable replacements, and other small works with low impact. Any major works will be identified above and customers affected will be notified in advance.

B4RN DNS and NTP server IP addresses
NTP and DNS services on the following ip addresses, 5.83.8.5,  5.83.8.6,  5.83.8.10, ceased on Wednesday the 6th February 2019.
For B4RN DNS please use 185.201.32.254 and 148.252.16.254.
For B4RN NTP use ntp0.b4rn.org.uk and ntp1.b4rn.org.uk or 185.201.32.254 and 148.252.16.254 as appropriate for your system.