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Kansas Research and Education Network
Doug Heacock, Executive Director
Gathering of State NetworksFebruary 8-10, 2005
KanREN History
• Established in 1993 as a non-profit membership consortium
• Initial funding from NSF Connections program
• Self-funded since 1996• Organized initially as a service unit
of the KU Center for Research, Inc.• Not-for-profit incorporation in 2002
KanREN Membership
• All Kansas Board of Regents universities (6)
• Community colleges (5)• Private colleges and universities (5)• K-12 school districts (38)• Public libraries (25)• Other non-profit organizations (6)
KanREN Governance
• Board of Directors, elected by the membership
• Every member has a vote on major matters of business and policy (annual meeting)
KanREN Services
• Connectivity– KanREN backbone network– Kan-ed backbone network– Great Plains Network– Internet2/Abilene– Commodity Internet
KanREN Services
• Technical support, troubleshooting, diagnostics
• Consulting, network design• Network monitoring• Systems support• Training• DNS, Web hosting, etc.
The KanREN Network
• “Forklift upgrade” in 2004– Backbone redesigned--replaced DS-3 and
OC-3 connections with GigE connections– OC-12 connection to GPN gigaPoP in Kansas
City
• Adding redundancy in commodity Internet service, first quarter 2005
• Internet2 SEGP• IPv6, multicast, QoS
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Network Geography
Kan-ed
• Created by state statute in 2001; funding from KUSF in 2002; administered by Board of Regents
• Cooperative effort between multiple vendors and organizations
• Private backbone network• Large statewide footprint• Initial primary application: interactive
distance learning (video)--more to come
KanREN and Kan-ed
• At least four relationships:– Collaborative relationship from the
beginning– Kan-ed is a member of the KanREN
consortium– KanREN manages the Kan-ed network
and NOC under contract with the Kansas Board of Regents
– KanREN is a Kan-ed “peering partner” network
Challenges
• Rapid, sweeping change over the past year– Adjustments related to increased staffing– Adjustments related to our relationship
with Kan-ed
• Funding and politics• Meeting the needs of a diverse
membership
Contact information
Doug HeacockKanREN, Inc.1405 Wakarusa, Suite BLawrence, KS 66049(785) [email protected]
For more information
http://www.kanren.net/~heacock/statenets/
– Presentation slides (.ppt)– KanREN information sheet (.pdf)– Network maps (.pdf)