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- _A_d_d_r_e_s_s:
- Attn: Michael Dorl
- WiscNet
- c/o Madison Academic Computing Center
- 1210 W. Dayton St.
- Madison, WI 53706
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- _E_m_a_i_l: wn-info@nic.wiscnet.net
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- _P_h_o_n_e: (608) 263-4188 (Network Operations Center)
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- _D_e_s_c_r_i_p_t_i_o_n
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- 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.
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- 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.
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- 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.
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- WiscNet operates a packet-switched network consisting of
- routers connected by T1 (1.544 Mbps) and DDS (56 Kbps)
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- The information in this section is provided in accor-
- dance with the copyright notice appearing at the front
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- May 21, 1991 NNSC Section 5.40, Page 1
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- communications lines. This network is connected to the
- national network at UW-Madison by two T1 lines.
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- 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.
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- 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.
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- _W_h_o _C_a_n _U_s_e _t_h_e _N_e_t_w_o_r_k
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- 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).
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- _M_i_s_c_e_l_l_a_n_e_o_u_s _I_n_f_o_r_m_a_t_i_o_n
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- For membership information, contact:
- Tad Pinkerton
- Office of Information Technology
- UW-Madison, WI 53706
- (608) 262-8874
- tad@macc.wisc.edu or
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- For technical assistance, contact the WiscNet Network Opera-
- tions Center:
- (608) 263-4188
- wn-info@nic.wiscnet.net.
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