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THEnet - The Texas Higher Education Network
_A_d_d_r_e_s_s:
Texas Higher Education Network Information Center
Office of Telecommunication Services
Service Building, Room 319
Austin, TX 78712-1024
_E_m_a_i_l:
Internet: info@nic.the.net
BITNET: INFO@THENIC
SPAN: UTSPAN::THENIC::INFO
THEnet (DECnet): THENIC::INFO
_P_h_o_n_e: (512) 471-2444
FAX: (512) 471-2449
_D_e_s_c_r_i_p_t_i_o_n
The Texas Higher Education Network (THEnet) was formed in
1986 through a combination of networking efforts at Texas
A&M University, the University of Houston, the University of
Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, and the Univer-
sity of Texas System. It covers the state of Texas, with a
link to the Instituto Tecnologico y de Estudios Superiores
de Monterrey in Monterrey, Mexico. THEnet's goal is to pro-
vide and advance the electronic exchange of information in
support of the teaching, research, development, and related
collaborative activities of the Texas higher education and
research communities.
THEnet is not a homogeneous network utilizing a single net-
working protocol. Rather it is a network of physical con-
nections between and within organizations making various use
of IP, DECnet, SNA, RSCS/NJE, and compressed digital video
It provides researchers, faculty, and students the network-
ing "tools" that they need for their particular situations.
THEnet currently connects over 80 institutions, and consists
_________________________
The information in this section is provided in accor-
dance with the copyright notice appearing at the front
of this guide.
August 6, 1992 NNSC Section 5.29, Page 1
of approximately 3000 DECnet nodes, over 10,000 IP hosts,
appx. 150 BITNET nodes, and 10 IBM mainframe hosts connected
over SNA.
Network Services
Network information and operations management are provided
through the University of Texas (UT) System Office of
Telecommunication Services (OTS). The OTS provides both
network information center (NIC) and network operations
center (NOC) services to THEnet member institutions.
Informative documents are available on node nic.the.net
(Internet) via anonymous FTP, and THENIC (DECnet) via
default DECnet file access. See the file THENET.INDEX for a
list of available documents.
_N_e_t_w_o_r_k _A_c_c_e_s_s
THEnet is an NSF regional network, with access to the NSFNET
backbone through the NSS (Nodal Switching Subsystem) at Rice
University in Houston. THEnet is connected to the Space
Physics Analysis Network (SPAN) by DECnet routers at the
University of Texas at Austin and NASA Johnson Space Center.
Access to ESnet and HEPnet (ESnet-DECnet) is also provided
through UT Austin, an ESnet backbone site. THEnet has
external BITNET connectivity provided by Rice University via
connections to the University of Missouri and Louisiana
State University and by their participation in the BITNET II
project (NJE over the TCP/IP-based Internet).
_W_h_o _C_a_n _U_s_e _t_h_e _N_e_t_w_o_r_k
Membership in THEnet is open to all institutions of higher
education in the state of Texas, as well as their affiliated
research institutions. Commercial institutions which can
demonstrate an education or research relationship to any
THEnet higher education member are also eligible to join.
Queries about membership or additional information should be
directed to the postal address or one of the electronic mail
addresses given above.
August 6, 1992 NNSC Section 5.29, Page 2