WiscNet


            _A_d_d_r_e_s_s:
            Attn: Michael Dorl
            WiscNet
            c/o Madison Academic Computing Center
            1210 W. Dayton St.
            Madison, WI 53706

            _E_m_a_i_l: wn-info@nic.wiscnet.net

            _P_h_o_n_e: (608) 263-4188 (Network Operations Center)


            _D_e_s_c_r_i_p_t_i_o_n

            WiscNet is a nonprofit association that provides  access  to
            national  network  resources  for  higher education institu-
            tions, mostly in the state of Wisconsin.  The  primary  pur-
            pose  of  WiscNet  is  to  provide  access  to the Internet.
            WiscNet provides no direct services to end users, but rather
            acts as a conduit to the resources of the Internet and makes
            possible interchange of information  using  electronic  mail
            and network news.

            WiscNet is governed by a board of  directors  consisting  of
            one member from each charter member institution plus the NSF
            proposal investigators.  The board is reponsible for setting
            broad operating policy, establishing direction, establishing
            membership categories, and  assessing  membership  fees.   A
            Network Planning Committee works with the operating agent on
            network design issues.

            The Madison Academic Computing Center at the UW-Madison pro-
            vides  day-to-day  operational  support  for  WiscNet.  This
            includes a Network Operation Center  that  provides  problem
            reporting  and resolution services 24 hour a day, 365 days a
            year.

            WiscNet operates a  packet-switched  network  consisting  of
            routers  connected  by  T1  (1.544  Mbps)  and DDS (56 Kbps)
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            communications lines.  This  network  is  connected  to  the
            national network at UW-Madison by two T1 lines.

            The network backbone consists of cisco AGS  routers  located
            at  UW-Eau Claire, UW-Madison, UW-Milwaukee, UW-Oshkosh, and
            UW-Stevens Point.  These backbone  routers  are  redundantly
            connected  by  256-Kbps  circuits  provided  by the State of
            Wisconsin Department of Administration's  Consolidated  Data
            Network  (CDN).  End node sites are connected to the nearest
            backbone sites in their LATA by 56-Kbps DDS circuits.

            WiscNet is connected to the  CICNet  (Big  Ten  universities
            plus  the  University  of  Chicago)  regional network at UW-
            Madison by T1 lines to the University of  Minnesota  and  to
            Argonne National Laboratory.

            _W_h_o _C_a_n _U_s_e _t_h_e _N_e_t_w_o_r_k

            Membership in WiscNet is open to  all  educational  institu-
            tions in Wisconsin, as well as to industrial research organ-
            izations.  Use of the network is  governed  by  the  WiscNet
            Appropriate Use Policy (available upon request).

            _M_i_s_c_e_l_l_a_n_e_o_u_s _I_n_f_o_r_m_a_t_i_o_n

            For membership information, contact:
                 Tad Pinkerton
                 Office of Information Technology
                 UW-Madison, WI 53706
                 (608) 262-8874
                 tad@macc.wisc.edu or

            For technical assistance, contact the WiscNet Network Opera-
            tions Center:
                 (608) 263-4188
                 wn-info@nic.wiscnet.net.















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