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MIDnet - A Midwestern Regional Network
_A_d_d_r_e_s_s:
MIDnet
501 Building 113.1
Lincoln, Nebraska 68588-0202
_E_m_a_i_l: nic@westie.mid.net
_P_h_o_n_e: (402) 472-8971
FAX: (402) 472-8486
_D_e_s_c_r_i_p_t_i_o_n
MIDnet is a Midwest regional research and education data
communications network that provides access to the National
Science Foundation Network (NSFNET) and to the Internet com-
munity. Our purpose is to promote advances in research and
education by providing low-cost, reliable, high-speed con-
nectivity to educational institutions, non-profit organ-
zations, and businesses interested in the advancement of
research and education.
MIDnet's mission is to give individuals at member sites in
the seven state region of Arkansas, Iowa, Kansas, Missouri,
Nebraska, Oklahoma, and South Dakota access to a broad range
of advanced information resources such as large databases,
supercomputers, libraries, data archives, and electronic
mail.
MIDnet is an IP-based network running at speeds from 56 Kbps
to T1 (1.544 mps), and currently connects sixty individual
sites and two state networks using cisco and Proteon
routers.
Major information resources include: the EROS Data Center
(Sioux Falls, South Dakota), WUARCHIVE (Washington Univer-
sity in St. Louis), see Section 3-10, National Severe Storms
Laboratory (University of Oklahoma), ARCHIE server (Univer-
sity of Nebraska-Lincoln) and on-line library catalogs and
_________________________
The information in this section is provided in accor-
dance with the copyright notice appearing at the front
of this guide.
September 10, 1992 NNSC Section 5.37, Page 1
Campus Wide Information Systems.
_N_e_t_w_o_r_k _A_c_c_e_s_s
MIDnet is available to any IP host on the Internet.
_W_h_o _C_a_n _U_s_e _t_h_e _N_e_t_w_o_r_k
Any IP host at any member organization may use MIDnet as
long as they abide by the MIDnet Acceptable Use Policy
(AUP). Any Internet-connected host may access MIDnet members
IP hosts under the same usage policy.
_M_i_s_c_e_l_l_a_n_e_o_u_s
Network Operations Center (402) 472-5032 noc@westie.mid.net
_R_e_f_e_r_e_n_c_e_s
Further information may be obtained via anonymous FTP from
westie.mid.net, directory pub. Included in this information
is the MIDnet AUP,membership list, maps, meeting notices and
minutes.
September 10, 1992 NNSC Section 5.37, Page 2