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Philippine’s Country Update for AI3 Spring Meeting 2006. Hua Hin, Thailand. Bayani Benjamin R. Lara bani@asti.dost.gov.ph. Introduction. PREGINET, is a national research and education network (NREN)
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Philippine’s Country Update for AI3Spring Meeting 2006 Hua Hin, Thailand Bayani Benjamin R. Lara bani@asti.dost.gov.ph
Introduction • PREGINET, is a national research and education network (NREN) • It interconnects institutions for research and education activities and spearheads the development of applications on areas such as: • distance education • Telemedicine • Agriculture • disaster monitoring • network technologies.
AI3 Membership • http://noc.pregi.net • The Advanced Science and Technology Institute (ASTI) became a partner of the Asian Internet Interconnection Initiative (AI3) in August 1999. It established its earth station and became part of the AI3 network on March 3, 2000.
ASTI’s AI3 Committee • Steering Committee • Denis Villorente • (denis@asti.dost.gov.ph) • Director, ASTI • Operators Committee • Bayani Benjamin R. Lara • (bani@asti.dost.gov.ph) • AI3 Coordinator
Updates on AI3 Link • We are encountering some routing problems on our network when we enable BGP peering with AI3 • Some random sites are ”Timing Out” and some mails to Japan from our partners are getting lost in transit • Another incident was when some Japanese staff from Tokyo University visited ASTI and tried to have a vcon sessions with their university. The vcon session did not work until the AI3 link was temporarily shut down. • We will consult with Husni/Sirokuma on the AI3 routing policy, to effectively solve the problem
Country Updates • VoIP Initiatives • 90 VoIP enabled phones deployed • PSTN gateways to 13 major cities • Focuses on ITU-T H.323, SIP, Asterix PBX and IAX protocol • Has made international partnerships with Vide.net and Internet2 Commons for peering to the Philippine gatekeeper • Involved on the ENUM international trial
Country Updates • Courseware • TASSIS • www.bayanihan.gov.ph (Server part) • Involved in the Linux Terminal Server Project (LTSP) for deployment to schools for low cost “dumb terminals”
Country Updates • Involved in the beowulf cluster deployment for the Philippine weather bureau (PAGASA) • Upgraded our MAFFIN link to APAN (Tokyo) from 6Mbps to 155Mbps
Bayani Benjamin R. Lara ASTI, Philippines bani@asti.dost.gov.ph