WiscNet
_A_d_d_r_e_s_s:
Attn: Michael Dorl
WiscNet
c/o Madison Academic Computing Center
1210 W. Dayton St.
Madison, WI 53706
_E_m_a_i_l:
[email protected]
_P_h_o_n_e: (608) 263-4188 (Network Operations Center)
_D_e_s_c_r_i_p_t_i_o_n
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.
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.
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.
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
of this guide.
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communications lines. This network is connected to the
national network at UW-Madison by two T1 lines.
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.
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.
_W_h_o _C_a_n _U_s_e _t_h_e _N_e_t_w_o_r_k
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).
_M_i_s_c_e_l_l_a_n_e_o_u_s _I_n_f_o_r_m_a_t_i_o_n
For membership information, contact:
Tad Pinkerton
Office of Information Technology
UW-Madison, WI 53706
(608) 262-8874
[email protected] or
For technical assistance, contact the WiscNet Network Opera-
tions Center:
(608) 263-4188
[email protected].
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