The following networks have been added to the NSFNET policy-based routing database, and routes should be in effect by 08:00 EDT Thursday. T1 Network: ---------- No additions. Total configured T1 networks: 5676 T3 Network: ---------- AS 685 - NorthWestNet Regional Network Gate IP: 192.35.180.8 Gate Name: seattle2-gw.nwnet.net Location: ENSS 143 - University of Washington Protocol: BOTH Added 48 NorthWestNet (AS 685) T1 primary nets to the T3 backbone. Changed 196 Alternet (AS 701/702) nets to lower T3 backbone metrics so Alternet can prefer T3 backbone. Total configured T3 networks: 3887 ***************************************************************** The configuration reports, map information sheets, and configuration files which reflect these changes are available for anonymous ftp on nis.nsf.net as usual. nsfnet/announced.networks - configuration reports latest report for: - NSFNET T1 has the file extension .now - NSFNET T3 has the file extension 3.now nsfnet/backbone.configuration - configuration files for the routing software for each NSS latest report for: - NSFNET T1 has the file format config.nss# - NSFNET T3 has the file extension .t3p Please send all requests for configuration changes to nsfnet-admin@merit.edu using the NSFNET configuration forms. The forms are available on-line. from the nis.nsf.net machine. Use ftp and the anonymous login to get on the machine. Do a "cd nsfnet/announced.networks" and get the files TEMPLATE.NET, TEMPLATE.GATE, and TEMPLATE.AS. ******************************* --Steve Widmayer Merit/NSFNET