






                                       THEnet


            _A_d_d_r_e_s_s:
            Texas Higher Education Network Information Center
            Commons Building Room 1.156A
            Balcones Research Center
            10100 Burnet Road
            Austin, TX 78758-4497

            _E_m_a_i_l:

            THEnet (DECnet):   THENIC::INFO
            BITNET:            INFO@THENIC
            Internet:          info@nic.the.net
            SPAN:              UTSPAN::THENIC::INFO


            _P_h_o_n_e: (512) 471-2444


            _D_e_s_c_r_i_p_t_i_o_n

            The Texas Higher Education Network (THEnet)  was  formed  in
            1986  through  a  combination of networking efforts at Texas
            A&M University, the University of Houston, the University of
            Texas  Health Science Center at San Antonio, and the Univer-
            sity of Texas System.  It covers the state of Texas, with  a
            link  to  the Instituto Tecnologico y de Estudios Superiores
            de Monterrey in Monterrey, Mexico.  THEnet's goal is to pro-
            vide  and  advance the electronic exchange of information in
            support of the teaching, research, development, and  related
            collaborative  activities  of the Texas higher education and
            research communities.

            THEnet is not a homogeneous network utilizing a single  net-
            working  protocol.   Rather it is a network of physical con-
            nections between and within organizations making various use
            of  IP,  DECnet,  SNA, RSCS/NJE, OSI, and compressed digital
            video.  It provides researchers, faculty, and  students  the
            networking  "tools"  that  they  need  for  their particular
            situations.  THEnet currently connects over 60 institutions,
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            The information in this section is provided  in  accor-
            dance  with the copyright notice appearing at the front
            of this guide.




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            and consists of approximately 1600 DECnet nodes,  over  5000
            IP hosts, 128 BITNET nodes, 10 IBM mainframe hosts connected
            over SNA, and 6 systems running OSI.

            Network Services

            Network information and operations management  are  provided
            through  the  University  of  Texas  (UT)  System  Office of
            Telecommunication Services (OTS).   The  OTS  provides  both
            network  information  center  (NIC)  and  network operations
            center (NOC) services to THEnet member institutions.

            Informative documents  are  available  on  node  nic.the.net
            (Internet)  via  anonymous  FTP,  and  THENIC  (DECnet)  via
            default DECnet file access.  See the file THENET.INDEX for a
            list of available documents.

            _N_e_t_w_o_r_k _A_c_c_e_s_s

            THEnet is an NSF regional network, with access to the NSFNET
            backbone through the NSS (Nodal Switching Subsystem) at Rice
            University in Houston.  THEnet is  connected  to  the  Space
            Physics  Analysis  Network  (SPAN)  by DECnet routers at the
            University of Texas at Austin and NASA Johnson Space Center.
            Access  to  ESnet and HEPnet (ESnet-DECnet) is also provided
            through UT Austin,  an  ESnet  backbone  site.   THEnet  has
            external BITNET connectivity provided by Rice University via
            connections to the  University  of  Missouri  and  Louisiana
            State University and by their participation in the BITNET II
            project (NJE over the TCP/IP-based Internet).

            _W_h_o _C_a_n _U_s_e _t_h_e _N_e_t_w_o_r_k

            Queries about membership or additional information should be
            directed to the postal address or one of the electronic mail
            addresses given above.















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