Hi, This isn't really a North American Operational issue, but I couldn't find a more appropriate list to post this on. Please bear with me. I do hope that some of the replies would be useful to network operators. [1] From what I know, ANS was formed by Merit, IBM and MCI in 1990 to run the NSFNET backbone. Could somebody update me on the current status of ANS - i.e. after NSFNETs demise in 1995, did ANS become independent and does it qualify as an NSP in its own right? [2] Is there an equivalent to NANOG for Europe and Asia and is there an equivalent list which discusses operational issues for these continents? Pointers appreciated. [3] Is there a web page which lists all the public CIXs and NAPs around the world? Pointers appreciated. [4] Some recent threads on NANOG discussed physical layer issues like SONET, SDH, circuit layout etc. Could somebody point me to technical papers / articles / books which describe fiber and copper technology in detail. TIA. -dj ______________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com
At 06:44 PM 07/29/97 PDT, Douglas Jardine wrote:
Hi,
This isn't really a North American Operational issue, but I couldn't find a more appropriate list to post this on. Please bear with me. I do hope that some of the replies would be useful to network operators.
[1] From what I know, ANS was formed by Merit, IBM and MCI in 1990 to run the NSFNET backbone. Could somebody update me on the current status of ANS - i.e. after NSFNETs demise in 1995, did ANS become independent and does it qualify as an NSP in its own right?
See: http://www.ans.net/WhyChooseANS/Overview/History.html
[2] Is there an equivalent to NANOG for Europe and Asia and is there an equivalent list which discusses operational issues for these continents? Pointers appreciated.
Yes, for Europe there's the RIPE-discuss list (for which I don't have an immediate reference) and for Asia, there's the apops list: Asia Pacific Ops <apops@apnic.net>
[3] Is there a web page which lists all the public CIXs and NAPs around the world? Pointers appreciated.
Yes, see: http://www.isi.edu:80/div7/ra/naps.html
[4] Some recent threads on NANOG discussed physical layer issues like SONET, SDH, circuit layout etc. Could somebody point me to technical papers / articles / books which describe fiber and copper technology in detail.
Start visiting you local technical bookstore. :-) - paul
Hi, Douglas Jardine wrote:
[2] Is there an equivalent to NANOG for Europe and Asia and is there an equivalent list which discusses operational issues for these continents? Pointers appreciated.
The <apops@apnic.net> list has been dead ever since the beginning :) If you're looking for an Asian NANOG, as in conference and not mailing list, APRICOT (Asia-Pacific Region Internet Conference on Operating Technologies) will be held here in Manila, February 18. This is the third after Singapore 1996 and Hong Kong 1997. -- miguel a.l. paraz <map@iphil.net> +63-2-750-2288 iphil communications, makati city, philippines <http://www.iphil.net>
On Tue, Jul 29, 1997 at 06:44:24PM -0800, Douglas Jardine wrote:
[1] From what I know, ANS was formed by Merit, IBM and MCI in 1990 to run the NSFNET backbone. Could somebody update me on the current status of ANS - i.e. after NSFNETs demise in 1995, did ANS become independent and does it qualify as an NSP in its own right?
Yes, they did... and they were bought <sigh> by AOL.
[3] Is there a web page which lists all the public CIXs and NAPs around the world? Pointers appreciated.
Unlikely.
[4] Some recent threads on NANOG discussed physical layer issues like SONET, SDH, circuit layout etc. Could somebody point me to technical papers / articles / books which describe fiber and copper technology in detail.
Ask in comp.dcom.telecom.tech. Cheers, -- jr 'we now return you to our regularly scheduled...' a -- Jay R. Ashworth jra@baylink.com Member of the Technical Staff Unsolicited Commercial Emailers Sued The Suncoast Freenet "People propose, science studies, technology Tampa Bay, Florida conforms." -- Dr. Don Norman +1 813 790 7592
On Wed, 30 Jul 1997 09:33:30 -0400 "Jay R. Ashworth" <jra@scfn.thpl.lib.fl.us> wrote:
[4] Some recent threads on NANOG discussed physical layer issues like SONET, SDH, circuit layout etc. Could somebody point me to technical papers / articles / books which describe fiber and copper technology in detail.
For SDH read: Sychronous Transmision Systems from Nortel Talk to your nortel rep, or look at www.nortel.com -- Neil J. McRae. Alive and Kicking. Domino: In the glow of the night. neil@DOMINO.ORG NetBSD/sparc: 100% SpF (Solaris protection Factor) Free the daemon in your <A HREF="http://www.NetBSD.ORG/">computer!</A>
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