A series of upgrades has been carried out in recent months on the HARNET (Hong Kong Academic and Research Network), a network that interconnects all the local universities). Major upgrades include

Apart from the above upgrades, the HARNET's CERNET (China Education and Research Network) link was upgraded from 2Mbps to 155Mbps on 1st December 2003.

All users connected to the CTNET, the CityU Campus Network, will enjoy improved Internet performance as a result of the upgrades.

The following depicts the upgraded HARNET:

IPv6 Links of CTNET

IPv6 (Internet Protocol Version 6) is the next generation network layer protocols designed by IETF to replace the current Internet Protocols, IP Version 4 (IPv4).

CTNET is now dual-home connected to IPv6 networks through two links. The first link is an IPv6 over IPv4 tunnel to 6bone, a testbed for IPv6 protocols. The second link is a direct connection to the global IPv6 networks through CTNET's Internet2 link. As such any computer on CTNET with IPv6 protocol stack installed is able to communicate with a remote IPv6 host using one of the following network connections:

With these connections in place, CTNET users may experiment or try out Internet applications running on top of the next generation IP protocols.

Furthermore, an ISATAP (Intra-Site Automatic Tunnel Addressing Protocol) server has been set up on CTNET to facilitate Windows XP systems with IPv6 enabled (which is done by running ipv6 install at the command prompt) to access remote IPv6 hosts without requiring any software configurations.