Academic and Research Network of Slovenia

1. Academic and Research Network of Slovenia Avgust Jauk NATO ANW, Ljubljana, Sep. 2001

2. Content • Introduction • ARNES Services • Connectivity • Network Services • User Support • User community • International Cooperation

3. Introduction • Established by the government of Slovenia in 1992 • Public, non-profit institution • Board of Directors • Ministry of Education, Science and Sport • Ministry of Information Society • Representative of employees • Annual Operating Plan, Annual Report • Technical board: technology, services, development • Funded primarily by ministries

4. ARNES Services • Connectivity • Domestic connectivity • PoPs in 18 major towns • Backbone: lines from 512 kbit/s to 155 Mbit/s • 274 organizations connected via leased line • Access capacity from 64 Kbit/s to 155 Mbit/s • 1520 dial-up ports (POTS and ISDN) • 50,000 individuals from 1,200 institutions • International connectivity • 155 Mbit/s line to the pan-European backbone TEN-155

5. ARNES Services • SIX: Slovenian Internet Exchange • established to avoid exchanging local traffic via international lines • currently 8 members (ISPs with their own international lines)

8. Incoming International Traffic in GBytes

9. Ways to connect to ARNES • Permanent connection- leased line- frame relay • Dial-up connection- analogue telephone network- ISDN • New options- wireless connections- private optical fibres- xDSL, cable modems

10. ARNES Services • Network services • Servers for E-mail, WWW, FTP, News, MBONE, IRC, etc • Management of .SI • Domain registration • Primary DNS server • SI-CERT: Slovenian Computer Emergency Response Team • Development of new services

11. ARNES Services • User support • Help desk • Manuals, CDs • Consultancy on connectivity, services • Presentations on seminars organized by users • Presentations on conferences, exhibitions • Presentations on workshops

12. User Community

13. Costs and Funding • Costs • 60 % international connectivity • 20 % domestic connectivity • 11 % purchasing of equipment • 5 % personnel costs • 4 % all other costs • Funding • 95 % Ministry of Eductation, Science and Sport • 5 % Development departments in industry

14. International Cooperation • Full national member of TERENA (Trans-European Research and Educational Networking Association) • Shareholder of DANTE (Delivery of Advanced Networking Technology to Europe) • Non-profit company which manages pan-European education and research backbone TEN-155

15. International Cooperation • Member of CEENet (Central and Eastern European Networking Association) • Organizes a series of educational workshops • Member of RIPE NCC (Resseaux IP Europeans) • Administrative and technical coordination to allow the operation of European IP networks • Participate in many European projects in the field of network technologies and services

16. Conclusion • ARNES activities: • Development, operation and management of networking infrastructure for education and research in Slovenia • It has to closely follow developments in the area of networking technologies and services • International collaboration is of utmost importance • Exchange of ideas • Joint development efforts