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Campus Network The UIC campus
network consists of local networks within buildings and a campus backbone
network that connects the local networks to each other and to other networks
off campus. The campus
backbone is a redundant distributed ATM-based backbone with four OC-12
(622 Mbps) inter-connections on campus, and one OC-3 (155 Mbps) connection
to the commodity Internet (via Nap.net and the Illinois Century Network
local ISPs). The campus network is also connected to high-performance research networks like Abilene (Internet2), vBNS, STAR-TAP, StarLight and MREN. An additional, dedicated OC-3 (155 Mbps) connection links UIC to the Urbana-Champaign campus. Most offices
already have network connections. All buildings are wired with fiber,
and fiber or twisted-pair cable is used to bring the network to telephone
closets and wall bjacks. Switched-10 Ethernet and Switched-100 FastEthernet
is used throughout campus for individual and subnet high-bandwidth connectivity. Dialin Lines ACCC currently
offers over 1,100 56 Kbps dialin lines to connect to UIC and the Internet
from home or from off campus, via traditional telephone/modem hook-up.
Additional lines are available with a 30-minute time limit, and for dialing in from Rockford and Peoria. Access is free-of-charge, but restricted to the UIC faculty, staff and registered students with valid UIC netid and password. |
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