We use this page to update people when the B4RN service has gone down or may be interrupted.
Service Outages
We are not aware of any unplanned outages at the moment.
Planned Engineering Works
Warwick on Eden and Crawford: 10p.m. on Tuesday the 14th of April 2020 to 4a.m. on Wednesday the 15th of April 2020. Third Party Maintenance affecting the B4RN link in the Penrith area. During that timeframe, you will be unable to connect to the internet or use your IP phones.
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.
Network information
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.
If you are experiencing a problem not listed on this page please contact our technical support team via email: helpdesk@b4rn.org.uk or phone: 015242 38499.