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RE: IIX
On Tue, 8 Apr 1997, guy keren wrote:
>
> On Mon, 7 Apr 1997, Shlomi Fish wrote:
>
> > As you can see shani even have their own IIX server that is operational.
> > Same thing about Trendline
>
> one thing to note: unless something was drastically changed, IIX is made
> of a single router into which all participating partners connect. No hub
> what-so-ever, just a bunch of frame-relay connections.
True, a 2mb bezeq FR link.
>
> > BTW, some friend told me about some regulation that prohibits
> > establishing routers between goverment or academic hosts to commercial
> > hosts. I noticed that all connections from my Netvision-based host to
> > university hosts were made through the same router ILAN-IIX.iix.net.il.
> > (ILAN stands for Israely Academic Network I think). Does that mean that
> > all the universities hosts are connected to ILAN, which has only one
> > gateway to the IIX and there are no direct connections whatsoever
> > between an academic server and a provider's one?
>
> all the major 7 (or is it 8?) universities, and a few colleges are
> connected to what is called ILAN (something around the Israeli Academic
> Network). the ILAN network indeed has a single link to the IIX, plus they
> have a link directly to IBM (since IBM provides ILAN with their link to
> the USA).
True.
>
> if you're very interested, there used to be a map of the ILAN network
> maintain on vm.tau.ac.il (well, apparently i don't remember how to fetch
> it, or its gone, anyone remembers the directory name under which this
> resides?)
Use www.isoc.org.il , and you'll find all about the IIX there, technical
data, who is connected, and what bandwidth.
--Ariel
>
> guy
>
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References:
- RE: IIX
- From: guy keren <choo@actcom.co.il>