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Kansas Research and Education Network

Kansas Research and Education Network. Doug Heacock, Executive Director Gathering of State Networks February 8-10, 2005. KanREN History. Established in 1993 as a non-profit membership consortium Initial funding from NSF Connections program Self-funded since 1996

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Kansas Research and Education Network

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  1. Kansas Research and Education Network Doug Heacock, Executive Director Gathering of State Networks February 8-10, 2005

  2. KanREN History • Established in 1993 as a non-profit membership consortium • Initial funding from NSF Connections program • Self-funded since 1996 • Organized initially as a service unit of the KU Center for Research, Inc. • Not-for-profit incorporation in 2002

  3. KanREN Membership • All Kansas Board of Regents universities (6) • Community colleges (5) • Private colleges and universities (5) • K-12 school districts (38) • Public libraries (25) • Other non-profit organizations (6)

  4. KanREN Governance • Board of Directors, elected by the membership • Every member has a vote on major matters of business and policy (annual meeting)

  5. KanREN Services • Connectivity • KanREN backbone network • Kan-ed backbone network • Great Plains Network • Internet2/Abilene • Commodity Internet

  6. KanREN Services • Technical support, troubleshooting, diagnostics • Consulting, network design • Network monitoring • Systems support • Training • DNS, Web hosting, etc.

  7. The KanREN Network • “Forklift upgrade” in 2004 • Backbone redesigned--replaced DS-3 and OC-3 connections with GigE connections • OC-12 connection to GPN gigaPoP in Kansas City • Adding redundancy in commodity Internet service, first quarter 2005 • Internet2 SEGP • IPv6, multicast, QoS

  8. Network Geography

  9. Kan-ed • Created by state statute in 2001; funding from KUSF in 2002; administered by Board of Regents • Cooperative effort between multiple vendors and organizations • Private backbone network • Large statewide footprint • Initial primary application: interactive distance learning (video)--more to come

  10. KanREN and Kan-ed • At least four relationships: • Collaborative relationship from the beginning • Kan-ed is a member of the KanREN consortium • KanREN manages the Kan-ed network and NOC under contract with the Kansas Board of Regents • KanREN is a Kan-ed “peering partner” network

  11. Challenges • Rapid, sweeping change over the past year • Adjustments related to increased staffing • Adjustments related to our relationship with Kan-ed • Funding and politics • Meeting the needs of a diverse membership

  12. Contact information Doug Heacock KanREN, Inc. 1405 Wakarusa, Suite B Lawrence, KS 66049 (785) 856-9800 heacock@kanren.net

  13. For more information http://www.kanren.net/~heacock/statenets/ • Presentation slides (.ppt) • KanREN information sheet (.pdf) • Network maps (.pdf)

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