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UofM Network Overview

Points of Presence

  • The U's internet extends across most of the state of Minnesota, with major points of presence in:
    • the Twin Cities
    • Duluth
    • Crookston
    • Morris
    • Rochester
  • There are currently two 2 DS3's to the commodity Internet (Sprint, MCI)
  • The U is I2 connected via an OC3 to the Ameritech NAP

The purpose of the first set of slides is to provide a sense of the size and scope of the University of Minnesota inter-network.

This slide shows that the network extends across most of the State. At the time that this presentation was being prepared, the University was in the process of upgrading to DS3 service between the coordinate campuses (listed above) and the Twin Cities.

I2 == Internet 2