Starting
from October 1st the bandwidths of the HARNET's International
Internet link and the University's own Internet link have
been upgraded from 155 Mbps to 240 Mbps, and from 12 Mbps
to15 Mbps respectively. Apart from the bandwidth upgrades,
the local HARNET2 connections, which used to be ATM links,
have been replaced with Fast Ethernet links. The upgrades
will be able to cater the bandwidth requirements of our users
in the next 12 months as well as to ensure a smooth network
performance by avoiding congestions during peak hours.
The following
diagram shows the upgraded HARNET:
HARNET2
is a local metropolitan area network linking the eight local
universities to Internet2 (please see the section on "HARNET
Connectivity to Internet2" on http://www.jucc.edu.hk/),
over which our academic staff may collaborate with other overseas
universities on various research projects. IPv6, a suite of
the next-generation Internet protocols, is supported over
the HARNET2's Internet2 link; therefore our users may communicate
with the global IPv6 communities over this link.