THEnet


           _A_d_d_r_e_s_s:
           Texas Higher Education Network Information Center
           Commons Building Room 1.156A
           Balcones Research Center
           10100 Burnet Road
           Austin, TX 78758-4497

           _E_m_a_i_l:

           THEnet (DECnet):   THENIC::INFO
           BITNET:            INFO@THENIC
           Internet:          [email protected]
           SPAN:              UTSPAN::THENIC::INFO


           _P_h_o_n_e: (512) 471-2444


           _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, OSI, and compressed digital
           video.  It provides researchers, faculty, and  students  the
           networking  "tools"  that  they  need  for  their particular
           situations.  THEnet currently connects over 60 institutions,
           _________________________
           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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           and consists of approximately 1600 DECnet nodes,  over  5000
           IP hosts, 128 BITNET nodes, 10 IBM mainframe hosts connected
           over SNA, and 6 systems running OSI.

           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

           Queries about membership or additional information should be
           directed to the postal address or one of the electronic mail
           addresses given above.















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