Connecting to NSFnet

Sangamon州立大学请求NSF的支持， 校园与netIllinois的连接。 NetIllinois是 CICnet区域网络，是位于 伊利诺伊州的这一地区， 网络信息服务。 它将给大学56分 千比特每秒连接到NSFNET，高速 (1.5- 每秒4500万比特）国家骨干网。 大学需要更强大的功能和网络速度 能够访问超级计算机、图书馆， 传输沿着，能够实现更可靠的邮件 系统 学生和教师的研究将受益于这种联系。 这也是学校探索的独特机会 创新教育资源。

Sangamon State University requests support from NSF for connection of their campus to netIllinois. NetIllinois is part of the CICnet regional network and is the midlevel network located in this part of the state of Illinois that will give the operations and network information services. It will give the university 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.