Intermittent Network Outages: Bleasdale, Caldervale, Chipping, Goosnargh: Wednesday the 25th November 2020, 11.30a.m: After this mornings maintenance period, customers in the Bleasdale, Caldervale, Chipping, Goosnargh areas may experience short periods where their service is experiencing problems. Engineers are investigating, and information will be provided when it becomes available. Update:  10a.m.  26th November:  Following major reworks, we are still seeing some customers with intermittent connectivity. Our technical team are working to resolve all ongoing issues. As part of this we are expecting a brief outage at approximately 10:30a.m. this morning.  Update 11:20a.m. Work is continuing on the fix.  Some customers will be experiencing a longer than expected outage. Update 12:00:  A resolution is in place for intermittent issues with connections.  Further work is planned for 27/11/2020 from 3a.m. to 7a.m.  Update 4p.m.:  we are aware of  a small number of customers still affected.  Engineers are working towards a resolution.  Update 3a.m. 27th November:  Customers may experience intermittent outages as network configurations take effect.  Update 7a.m.:  Works complete.  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 on 015242 38499.

Scheduled Maintenance: Bleasdale, Caldervale, Chipping, Goosnargh, Halton, Strickland Roger,  Aughton, Arkholme, Gressingham and Selside: Wednesday the 25th November 2020, 5:00a.m. to 9a.m.: Major reworks commencing at 5a.m. will be carried out which will affect Bleasdale, Caldervale, Chipping, Goosnargh, Halton, Strickland Roger,  Aughton, Arkholme, Gressingham,  Selside and surrounding areas. Update 09:00:  Normal service has been restored.

Scheduled Maintenance: Norfolk: Wednesday the 25th November 2020, 7:30a.m. to 9a.m.: Reworks commencing at 7:30 a.m. will be carried out which will affect Norfolk customers. Update 09:05:  Normal service has been 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 on 015242 38499.

Planned Engineering Works

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.