Connection of Schools to Ohio Academic Resources Network and NSFNET

俄亥俄州立大学请求NSF支持将海德堡大学、安提俄克大学和俄亥俄卫斯理大学连接到俄亥俄州学术资源网络(OARnet)，这是为俄亥俄州服务的NSF中层网络。OARnet的一个主要目标是促进机构之间的合作项目和资源共享，包括州外的机构。OARnet将提供运营管理和信息服务，它将使这三所大学与NSFnet连接，NSFnet是一个高速(150-4500万比特每秒)的国家骨干网络。大学需要更高的功能和网络速度才能访问超级计算机、图书馆和进行文件传输，并能够实施更可靠的邮件系统。学生和教职员工的研究将从这种联系中受益。这也是学校探索注释性教育资源的独特机会。*

Ohio State University requests support from NSF for connection of Heidelberg University, Antioch University, and Ohio Wesleyan University to the Ohio Academic Resources Network (OARnet) which is the NSF mid-level network that serves the State of Ohio. A primary goal of OARnet is to facilitate collaborative projects and sharing of resources between instutuion, including those outside the state. OARnet will provide operations management and information services and it will give the three universities a connection to the NSFNET, a high speed (1.5 - 45 million bits per second) National Backbone network. The universities need greater functionality and network speed to be able to access supercomputers, libraries, and make file transfers along with being able to implement a more reliable mail system. Students and faculty research will benefit from the link. This is also a unique opportunity for the schools to explore annovative educational resources.***