






                                      JvNCnet


            _A_d_d_r_e_s_s:
            JvNCnet
            P.O. Box 3717
            Princeton, N.J. 08543

            _E-_m_a_i_l: nisc@nisc.jvnc.net

            _P_h_o_n_e: (609) 520-2000 [Sergio Heker]


            _D_e_s_c_r_i_p_t_i_o_n

            JvNCnet is a North  East  Research  Regional  Network,  with
            access  to  the NSFnet backbone (JvNC is a node on the back-
            bone), and with international connections to several Scandi-
            navian  countries (Norway, Finland, Iceland, Sweden and Den-
            mark), and the United Kingdom.

            The regional network, the first T-1  (1.544  Mbps)  academic
            network  evolved  from  the thirteen consortium members (see
            below) to a regional network with twenty three sites concen-
            trated  in  the North East.  The network is now undergoing a
            transformation into the Phase II of JvNCnet.  This is a pro-
            ject  funded by the National Science Foundation (Division of
            Networking, Communications Research and Infrastructure)  and
            the institution members.  Currently the JvNCnet network car-
            ries approximately seventy percent  of  the  traffic  volume
            that  the  NSFnet  backbone network carries.  In April 1989,
            JvNCnet passed its 1 billionth packet.  The  reliability  of
            the network is approximately 97% uptime.

            The regional  network  will  consist  (when  completely  re-
            designed  in  Summer 1989) of a ring of T-1 lines connecting
            the cities of Trenton (NJ), Newark  (NJ)  ,  New  York  City
            (NY),  Stamford (CT), Boston (MA), Providence (RI), and Phi-
            ladelphia (PA). Each city will have a  backbone  node  (BNS)
            connecting a number of institutions at T-1 or 56kbps.

            The institutions presently on the network are: Princeton U.,
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            The information in this section is provided  in  accor-
            dance  with the copyright notice appearing at the front
            of this guide.




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            Institute for Advanced Study,  Siemens  Research,  Squibb  &
            Sons,  Rutgers U., Stevens Institute, Montclair State, NJIT,
            UMDNJ, Yale, Wesleyan, MIT, Brown, Northeastern,  MIT,  Penn
            State,  University  of  Pennsylvania,  New  York University,
            Columbia, ATT, Bellcore, University  of  Arizona,  Dartmouth
            and University of Massachusetts (Amherst).  The institutions
            scheduled for connection are  American  Mathematics  Society
            and University of Rhode Island.

            The network is managed by  the  John  von  Neumann  National
            Supercomputer  Center  in  Princeton,  N.J.   The network is
            operated twenty four hours a day seven  days  a  week.   The
            Network  Staff of JvNCnet is organized in four groups. These
            are (i) Network Information  Services  Group,  (ii)  Network
            Operations Center Group, (iii) Network Engineering Group and
            (iv) Network Installation and Maintenance Group.

            In addition to the Networking effort, JvNC  is  one  of  the
            five   National   Supercomputer  Centers  sponsored  by  the
            National Science Foundation Supercomputer Program.  JvNC has
            two  liquid nitrogen cooled ETA10s (one is a 4 processor and
            the other an 8 processor) and two Cyber 205s supercomputers.
            To  front  end these supercomputers, JvNC has four VAX8600s,
            two running VMS and two running ULTRIX.  A graphic and  ani-
            mation  facility is also available to the JvNC supercomputer
            users.  The Operations Deparment of JvNC is responsible  for
            the operations of all supercomputers and front ends.

            _N_e_t_w_o_r_k _A_c_c_e_s_s

            Network access is provided over the JvNCnet Regional network
            or  directly  by accessing JvNC over the NSFnet, or Interna-
            tional connections.  For non-IP users, JvNC supports a gate-
            way  to  TELENET  (for supercomputer users only), Bitnet and
            dial-in modems (at 1200 baud, 2400 baud and 9600 baud).

            _M_i_s_c_e_l_l_a_n_e_o_u_s _I_n_f_o_r_m_a_t_i_o_n

            The  John  von  Neumann  National  Supercomputer  Center  is
            managed  by  the  Consortium for Scientific Computing (CSC).
            CSC is a not-for-profit-organization of  thirteen  universi-
            ties.   The  members are: Harvard University, Massachussetts
            Institute  of  Technology,  Princeton  University,   Rutgers
            University,  Brown University, Institute for Advanced Study,
            University  of  Rochester,  Columbia  University,  New  York
            University,  Penn  State  University, University of Pennsyl-
            vania, University of Colorado, and University of Arizona.




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            For more information on the JvNCnet Regional  Network,  con-
            tact      the     JvNCnet     Network     Coordinator     at
            ``nisc@nisc.jvnc.net'' or by phone at (609) 520-2000.

            For more information on the Supercomputer facilities  please
            contact   Vercell  Vance,  Director  for  User  Services  at
            vance@jvnca.csc.org or by phone at (609) 520-2000.












































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