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, _________________________ The information in this section is provided in accor- dance with the copyright notice appearing at the front of this guide. April 27, 1990 NNSC Section 5.29, Page 1 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 ection5-thenet.tblUniversity of Texas (UT) Sys- tem Office of Telecommunication Services (OTS). The OTS provides both network information center (NIC) and network operations center (NOC) services to THEnet member institu- tions. 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. April 27, 1990 NNSC Section 5.29, Page 2