Main Computer Networks Accessible to UC Davis Users

• UC Davis Networks

  Network 21: Project to build an internal network capable of supporting high-speed connections. Concluded in 1998. The objective was met to build a highly stable, standardized Asynchronous Transfer Mode (ATM) fiber-optic network infrastructure. (ARCHIVED: http://net21.ucdavis.edu/)

  UCDNet2: A new project continuing the UC Davis internal infrastructure enhancements started with the Network 21 project. UCDNet2 will employ traditional copper wire, the fiber-optic infrastructure used in Network21 and wireless technologies. (Web site in development. For ongoing information, subscribe to listserv: ucdnet2-info@ucdavis.edu)

• Regional Networks

  CALREN-2: Operates at 622 (or greater) Megabits per second. California's research and education network. Developed by the Consortium for Education Network Initiatives (CENIC). CENIC partnered with Pacific Bell and Cisco Systems, Inc. to design and deploy an advanced electronic superhighway linking California's Institutions of higher education to each other and to the Internet 2 backbone networks. CALREN-2 connects to Abilene at two points in California. (http://www.ucop.edu/irc/projects/CCI2/)

  
   
  
• National Networks

  Abilene: Operates at 2.4 Gigabits per second. High-performance Internet Protocol (IP) network developed by the University Corporation for Advanced Internet Development (UCAID) in partnership with Quest Communications, Nortel Networks, Cisco Systems and Indiana University. A primary goal of Abilene is to provide a backbone network for the Internet 2 project. (http://www.internet2.edu/abilene/)

  Next Generation Internet (NGI): A multi-agency Federal research and development program that is exploring advanced networking technologies, developing revolutionary applications that require advanced networking and demonstrating these capabilities on test beds that are 100 to 1,000 times faster than todayÕs Internet. (http://www.ngi.gov/)

  vBNS: Operates at 644 Megabits per second. This is a very high-speed backbone network system developed by the National Science Foundation (NSF) and MCI/WorldCom. VBNS is intended as a platform to develop new Internet applications to facilitate collaborative research efforts. (http://www.vbns.net/)