Connection to NSFNET via SURAnet

华盛顿学院请求美国国家科学基金会提供支持，将他们的校园网络连接到SURAnet。SURAnet是位于美国东南部的中层网络。它将提供运营管理和信息服务，并将为华盛顿大学提供每秒56000比特的连接到NSFnet，这是一个高速(150-4500万比特每秒)的国家骨干网络。该大学需要更高的功能和网络速度，以便能够访问超级计算机、图书馆和进行文件传输，同时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。这也是学校探索创新教育资源的独特机会。*/

Washington College request support from NSF for connection of their campus network to SURAnet. SURAnet is the midlevel network located in the southeastern United States. It will provide operations management and information services and it will give Washington College a 56 thousand bits per second connection to the NSFNET, a high speed (1.5 - 45 million bits per second) National Backbone network. The University needs 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 school to explore innovative educational resources.***//