Overview of the Syracuse University Internet John M. Wobus Communications & Development Computing & Network Services Syracuse University April 5, 1990 Document Number: ISUOVR-2 (c) Syracuse University Computing & Network Services 1990 No warranty is expressed or implied. Permission to copy and use is extended to all. Permission to redistribute is granted under the following conditions: it is not sold for profit; this copy- right notice remains intact; the same permissions extend to the recipient; and if any changes are made, a notice is added so stating. Abstract This is an overview of the Syracuse University Internet, describing the principles by which it was designed as well as some specifics of the configuration. The user can think of an internet as a set of services and seldom requires the specifics outlined by this overview. Abstract ii Contents Abstract . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ii Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 The Contents of this Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Network Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 Services . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 Inter-building Networking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 Intra-building Networking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 Sites . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 Machinery Hall . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 Center for Science and Technology . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 Other Sites with Internet Gateways . . . . . . . . . . . 5 Other Sites . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 Appendix A: Glossary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 Appendix B: Bibliography . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19 Overview of the Syracuse University Internet iii Introduction The Internet is a world-wide cooperative network made up of many interconnected smaller networks. The Syracuse University Internet is a portion of the Internet that is located at Syra- cuse University. It is made up of several LANs (Local Area Net- works), each of which serves a portion of the University. A sin- gle LAN might serve a building, a hallway, or a single room. All the LANs are connected together by a campus-wide network which is connected, in turn, to a network which serves our region (NYSER- Net, the New York State Educational and Research Network) which is connected via national networks (such as NSFnet) to other regional networks, and through them to other campuses and their LANs. Not all LANs at Syracuse University are part of the Internet. Network programs can only communicate with others of the same "family"(1) so the various University LANs are intended to sup- port programs of one or another particular "family". These include the "internet family" (or the TCP/IP "family") as well as "families" specific to various individual computer and network vendors. Internet networking software has the advantage of tying your computer with virtually all types of computers, and through the Internet, to other Universities and research institutions throughout the world. THE CONTENTS OF THIS OVERVIEW This document describes the Syracuse University Internet. It goes over the components used to make up the network as well as the configuration. This is not a general treatment of internet networking--it is a companion to such a work which addresses the specifics of the Syracuse University Internet. See the bibliog- raphy for information of a more general nature. ---------------------- (1) Family is not a standard data-communications term. In stan- dard terminology: There are different, incompatible data- communications protocols that any particular piece of network software may support. Overview of the Syracuse University Internet 1 Network Overview The Syracuse University Internet is made up of local area net- works which serve various campus buildings, all joined together to facilitate communication throughout the campus and to other similar research and educational institutions. SERVICES By virtue of being an internet, the Syracuse University Inter- net provides a specific set of services to any computer connected to it which runs the necessary software. These services include copying files between different computers, sending electronic mail between computers, reading and writing files stored on a different computer, and using other computers interactively from your own. Unix systems typically have a full set of internet software. The DECnet protocols are run "in parallel" to the internet protocols on much of the network so users of DEC's VAX/VMS com- puters can make use of the DECnet set of services. Apple Macintosh personal computers belonging to ACS's Macin- tosh Clusters and to several departments are connected to the Internet through Appletalk networks. The connection is in such a way that Macintoshes can use internet services and separate Appletalk networks can be joined through the Syracuse University Internet into a single campus-wide Appletalk network. IBM PCs with suitable hardware and software can be connected directly to the Syracuse University Internet. Many of the IBM PCs including all those in ACS's IBM PC Clusters are intercon- nected by their own separate network, a Novell PC network which is not really part of the Syracuse University Internet, thus is not described in this document. It is connected to the Syracuse University Internet through a single gateway which gives users of those PCs some of the standard Internet services including file transfer, and the ability to use other computers interactively. INTER-BUILDING NETWORKING Stationed throughout various University buildings are "inter- net gateways". These are small computers dedicated to the task of facilitating communications throughout the campus. Syracuse University has two different models: the cisco CGS and the cisco AGS. They are typically located in the basement of buildings (in rooms set aside for communications equipment, known as MDF or "Media Distribution Facility" rooms). Local Area Networks which serve individual buildings may be attached either to such a gate- Network Overview 2 way in the building's basement or via Ethernet fiber repeater to a gateway in another building. These gateways are, in turn, interconnected in two ways. The three AGS gateways are intercon- nected by a single Ethernet whose primary purpose is to intercon- nect gateways. This forms a campus "backbone" network and the gateways are known as backbone gateways. Those within buildings interconnected by optical fiber(2) are attached to one of these gateways via Ethernet fiber repeaters. Each building not served by fiber has a CGS gateway connected to one of the three backbone gateways via telephone-style wiring, either owned by the Univer- sity or leased from NYTEL. There are three such gateways in addition to the three backbone gateways. Some buildings share an Ethernet with other buildings through fiber repeaters. This technique is used to join several sites which have clusters of Apple Macintosh terminals and is also used to handle buildings with only a very small amount of traffic. Buildings with only Macintosh personal computers can be served one additional way: by Phonenet through University-owned tele- phone wiring to another building with a Phonenet network. In summary, there are several different methods of intercon- necting buildings. When a building is added, the choice of meth- od depends upon the types of computers to be served, the media available to the building, and the amount of data traffic expect- ed to and from the building. INTRA-BUILDING NETWORKING The connection of individual computers to the building gate- ways is accomplished with Ethernet and Phonenet local area net- works. Large buildings with extensive Ethernets typically have one or more "Ethernet backbones", "Thickwire" Ethernet cables which run from the MDF rooms in the basement (where an internet gateway or the optical fiber-based Ethernet repeater is located) to the telephone closets of the buildings. The typical plan is to pro- vide two separate, but parallel Ethernets, each with its own backbone: one for individual workstations and another for connec- tions to servers or other larger computers. However, a building with a smaller network serving a single department is likely to have a single Ethernet while a building serving multiple depart- ments with a lot of traffic can have more, including Ethernets dedicated to individual departments. ---------------------- (2) Most of the major buildings on the North Campus including all on the quad are interconnected by a network of optical-fiber which was installed when the telephone system was last upgraded for this and other future applications. Overview of the Syracuse University Internet 3 Individual offices and laboratories are connected to the phone closets through individual "ThinWire" Ethernet cables. Units called a "multiport thinwire repeaters",(3) each of which can connect such cables to a thickwire Ethernet are located in the telephone closets. Some buildings have thinwire Ethernet prein- stalled to all offices, so putting a computer on an Ethernet is a matter of plugging it into the wall and attaching the office's thinwire Ethernet cable to an available port on a multiport thin- wire repeater. The Center for Science and Technology is an exam- ple of such a building. Departments with their own file servers always configure their file servers to double as gateways, connecting their workstations to their file servers through their own Ethernet. Some such Eth- ernets serve a single room or a few adjacent offices, in which case a single multiport Ethernet repeater is probably used.(4) If the workstations are located throughout the building, a building-wide Ethernet (complete with its backbone as described above) is dedicated to the file server and its workstations. However, such an Ethernet is typically not connected directly to the building's internet gateway, but through the file server to the building-wide Ethernet which serves file servers, and other large computers. Macintoshes are attached to Phonenets (a type of Appletalk network) which run on normal telephone wiring. Some such Phonen- et LANs have been built around specially-installed wiring, but future plans are to use telephone wires which are reserved for data applications which were preinstalled to many sites with telephones during the last upgrade of the telephone system. This limits the work towards adding a Macintosh to an existing Phonen- et network to the cross-connecting of the wires within the tele- phone closet. Each Phonenet is connected to the Syracuse University Internet through an Appletalk-to-internet gateway called a Fastpath manu- factured by Kinetics, Inc. The University has spare telephone- style wiring to many offices as well as between buildings, offer- ing some flexibility as to how such Phonenets are connected to the Internet. If a department with Macintoshes is in a building already served by Ethernets, then the Fastpath is simply put on an Ethernet within the building. It is also possible to connect a few Macintoshes in one build- ing to a Fastpath in a different building by running Phonenet through the University's inter-building telephone wiring. Thus, a building with no Ethernet service can serve a few Macintoshes. The choice of whether to do this depends upon how many computers are in the building as well as whether the building is served by fiber or University telephone wiring. ---------------------- (3) The usual model at Syracuse University is the DEC DEMPR. (4) The usual model used at Syracuse University is the DEC DELNI. Network Overview 4 SITES Machinery Hall Machinery Hall has Academic Computing Service's major comput- ers and the connection to NYSERNet as well as some intra-building networks to serve the ACS and CNS offices upstairs. It houses two of the three backbone gateways and is served by two Ethernets attached to these gateways. It also houses part of the backbone which is also directly attached to the NYSERNet gateway, the cam- pus's link to the rest of the world. Machinery Hall also serves as a hub for the network of telephone-style lines to gateways in outlying buildings, to buildings served by fiber-optic-repeated Ethernets and to buildings served only by Phonenet connections. Computers in Machinery Hall on the Syracuse University Internet include SUNRISE, SUVM, RODAN, ICARUS, and GAMERA. Center for Science and Technology The Center for Science and Technology has the most extensive network system of any building on campus. It has a system of 20 Ethernets any of which is capable of serving any office in the building. Some are dedicated to departments within the building while others link file servers and major computers to a backbone gateway in the MDF room which, in turn, is connected by Ethernet fiber repeater to Machinery Hall. A raised false floor and extensive system of cable paths will make future changes and expansion easy. Computers served include NPAC's AMAX, SFX, MACH1, NOVA, SUNLAB, BACPAC and CMX; CIS's GOEDEL, WOTAN, and SKOLEM; CASE's SUTCASE, CASENOVA, P4050, and HUEY; ECE's SNOW-WHITE, FIREBREATHER, and FRUIT; Chemistry's SUNNSC and SUNGOD; Informa- tion Studies' ISTSERVER; Academic Computing Services' KIWI; and CNS's ZOOKEEPER and MOTHRA. ZOOKEEPER is a file server serving a cluster of workstations open to general use by the University. Also in the building are at least four Kinetics Fastpath gateways to Appletalk networks serving various departments. Other Sites with Internet Gateways Other buildings with dedicated Ethernets include the Physics Building (with the Physics Department's computer, SUHEP), Link Hall, Heroy Laboratory (with ACS's Graphics Laboratory), and Hinds Hall. Other buildings served by internet gateways inter- connected with telephone-style wiring include the Kellogg Project's building on Euclid Avenue, Kimmel Dining Hall (where ACS has a Macintosh Cluster), and the Syracuse Research Corpora- tion building (where ISR is located). Overview of the Syracuse University Internet 5 Other Sites Buildings which share Ethernets include Steele Hall, Newhouse I, Archbold Gym, Crouse-Hinds School of Management, Schine Stu- dent Center, HBC (all of which have some Macintosh computers), Huntington Hall, Bird Library and Belfer Laboratory (which have some computers and workstations). Brockway Dining Hall (where ACS has a Macintosh Cluster) is the only building presently con- nected by Phonenet. Network Overview 6 Appendix A Glossary This glossary avoids general network and internet terminology, covering proprietary and Syracuse-University specific terminolo- gy. Academic Computing Services A Syracuse University department which offers computing services to the entire University for "academic" appli- cations. The main part of Academic Computing Services is located in Hinds Hall with offices in Machinery Hall, Archbold Gym, and Heroy Laboratory. It also man- ages clusters of computers in Kimmel Dining Hall, Brockway Dormitory, HBC Hall, and Link Hall. ACS Short for Academic Computing Services. ACSMACGATE The name of a Kinetics Fastpath gateway located in Hinds Hall. It is for internal ACS use. AGS A type of internet gateway produced by cisco, Inc. The AGS is designed to handle several interfaces, as opposed to cisco's CGS which is designed to handle two interfaces. AMAX The name of a Unix-based Encore computer located in CST and belonging to NPAC. It is for use by NPAC's clients. Apple, Inc. Manufacturer of the "Macintosh" personal computer. Apple File Server A file server which stores files for Macintosh comput- ers, moving data between the file server and the com- puters using an Appletalk network. Appletalk A type of network developed by Apple, Inc., designed for communications with Macintosh computers. Archbold Gym A Syracuse University building which has several of Academic Computing Service's clusters of personal com- puters used to provide various types of computing ser- vice. ARCHMACGATE The name of a Kinetics Fastpath gateway located in Archbold Gym. It serves both some private ACS Macin- toshes and a cluster of Macintoshes which ACS operates for general University use. Overview of the Syracuse University Internet 7 Audio Archives A branch of the SU Libraries which preserves old audio recordings. It is housed in the Belfer Laboratory. BACPAC The name of a Sun server located in CST, owned by NPAC. BEDROCK The name of a Unix-based Plexus computer in Bird Library which runs a specialized information-retrieval application. BEL Short for Belfer Laboratory. Belfer Laboratory A Syracuse University building adjacent to Bird Library which houses the SU Libraries' Audio Archives. Bird Library A Syracuse University building housing most of Syracuse University Libraries. BROCKMACGATE The name of a Kinetics Fastpath gateway in Machinery Hall. It serves ACS's cluster of Macintoshes in Brock- way which is for general University use. Brockway A Syracuse University dining hall which holds a cluster of computers operated by ACS. Brockway Cluster A cluster of personal computers located in Brockway owned by ACS. It is for general University use. CASE Short for CASE Center. CASE Center Short for Computer Applications and Software Engineer- ing Center. CASENOVA The name of a Unix-based Sun computer owned by CASE, located in CST. It is for internal use. Cayman, Inc. A company that developed and sells a gateway between Ethernets and Appletalk networks called the Gatorbox. Cayman Gatorbox A gateway which attaches Ethernets to Appletalk net- works. It does roughly the same function as a Kinetics Fastpath though each have their unique features. Center for Science and Technology A building at Syracuse University which houses several departments and portions of departments which do highly computerized research. The departments include CIS, IST, CASE, NPAC, Chemistry and ECE. It also holds CNS's Public Workstation Cluster. Glossary 8 CGS A type of internet gateway developed and sold by cisco, Inc. CHSOMMACGATE The name of a Kinetics Fastpath gateway in Crouse-Hinds School of Management. It serves ACS's cluster of Macintoshes in Crouse-Hinds School of Management which is for general University use. CIS Syracuse University's School of Computing and Informa- tion Science. cisco, Inc. A corporation which has developed and sells internet gateways and terminal servers. cisco AGS A type of internet gateway developed and sold by cisco, Inc. The AGS is designed to handle several interfaces, as opposed to cisco's CGS which is designed to handle two interfaces. cisco CGS A type of internet gateway developed and sold by cisco, Inc. CLUSTERS The name of a gateway between Academic Computing Servi- ces' Novell networks (for IBM-compatible PCs) and the Syracuse University Internet. It is a Novell server equipped with a Micom-Interlan TCP/IP-Novell gateway card. COMDEV Short for Communications and Development Group. Communications & Development Group The group within CNS responsible for developing, main- taining, and operating the Syracuse University Internet as well as various other duties. CMX The name of a Unix-based DEC computer located in CST owned by NPAC. It is attached to their two Thinking Machines Corporation Connection Machines (a type of highly-parallel research computer) and is used by NPAC's clients to make use of them. CNS Short for Computing and Network Services. CNSMACGATE The name of a Kinetics Fastpath gateway located in Machinery Hall, owned by CNS. It is for internal use. COG Short for Cognitive Science Program. Computer & Information Science Syracuse University's "computer science" school. It is housed in CST. Overview of the Syracuse University Internet 9 Computer Applications & Software Engineering Center One of several Centers for Advanced Technology funded by the New York State. It is housed in CST. Computing & Network Services A department within Syracuse University which maintains and operates computers and networks for Academic Com- puting Services and Administrative Information Servi- ces. It has offices in Machinery Hall and Skytop Office Building. CST Short for Center for Science and Technology. CSTGATE1 A cisco AGS gateway located in the Center for Science and Technology. CSTMACGATE The name of a Kinetics Fastpath gateway located in CST, owned by CNS. It serves CNS's "Public Workstation Cluster" which is for general University use. DECNET A type of network using Digital Equipment Corporation's proprietary protocols which are known as "DNA". DELNI A type of Ethernet fan-out unit developed and sold by Digital Equipment Corporation. It attaches eight Eth- ernet tranceiver cables to a single Ethernet tranceiv- er. Also, it can act as an entire (small) Ethernet of up to eight computers. DEMPR A type of Ethernet multiport repeater developed and sold by Digital Equipment Corporation. It attaches eight ThinWire Ethernet cables to each other, and optionally, to an Ethernet tranceiver. DVVAX The name of a disk server located in CST, owned and operated by NPAC. It serves NPAC's Connection Machines. DVVAX1 The name of a disk server located in CST, owned and operated by NPAC. It serves NPAC's Connection Machines. ECE Short for Electrical and Computer Engineering. Ethernet A type of local area network used extensively for com- munications between large computers and workstations at Syracuse University. FACESMACGATE The name of a Kinetics Fastpath gateway located in Archbold Gym. It serves both some private ACS Macin- toshes and the ACS Macintosh cluster for use by Faculty in Archbold Gym. Glossary 10 Farallon, Inc. A corporation which sells the "Phonenet" local-area network. Farallon Phonenet A type of local area network which is compatible with Apple's Localtalk but which runs over ordinary tele- phone wires. Fastpath A type of gateway made by Kinetics, Inc.. It is used to attach Apple's Localtalk (or compatible) networks to Ethernets. File Server A computer which stores files on disk for other comput- ers. These other computers read and write these files through a local area network which joins them to the file server. This allows files to be shared between computers as well as allows the use of larger, more efficient disks for file storage. FIREBREATHER The name of a Unix-based Gould computer located in CST, owned by ECE. It is for internal use. FRUIT The name of a Sun server located in CST, owned by ECE. It is for internal use. GAMERA The name of a Sun server located in Machinery Hall, owned by CNS. It is for internal use. Gateway A device which interconnects networks to build, in effect, a single larger network. It is sometimes dis- tinguished from the terms "bridge", "router", and "repeater" by the manner in which it does this, but many people use the terms indiscriminately. Gatorbox A type of gateway sold by Cayman, Inc. which attaches Ethernets to Appletalk networks. It does roughly the same function as a Kinetics Fastpath though each have their unique features. GATORBOX00403 The name of a Cayman Gatorbox gateway located in CST, owned by NPAC. It is for internal use. Geology Department The academic department at Syracuse University located in Heroy Laboratory. GOEDEL The name of a Sun server located in CST, owned by CIS. It is for internal use. GOL Short for the Geology Department. Overview of the Syracuse University Internet 11 Graphics Laboratory A "cluster" of computer-graphics equipment owned by ACS, located in Heroy Laboratory, for general Universi- ty use. GRFMACGATE The name of a Kinetics Fastpath gateway located in Her- oy Laboratory. It serves ACS's Graphics Laboratory's Macintoshes. H. B. Crouse Hall Short for Huntington Beard Crouse Hall. HBC Short for Huntington Beard Crouse Hall. HBCEASTMACGATE The name of a Kinetics Fastpath gateway in HBC. It serves part of ACS's cluster of Macintoshes in Crouse- Hinds School of Management which is for general Univer- sity use. HBCWESTMACGATE The name of a Kinetics Fastpath gateway in HBC. It serves part of ACS's cluster of Macintoshes in Crouse- Hinds School of Management which is for general Univer- sity use. HEP Short for High Energy Physics. A group within the Physics Department which runs some of their own comput- ers. Heroy Laboratory A building which is the home of the University's Geolo- gy Department. High Energy Physics A group within the Physics Department which runs some of their own computers. HUEY The name of an IBM Unix-based server located in CST, owned by CASE. It is for internal use. ICARUS The name of a Unix-based computer located in Machinery Hall, owned by CNS. It is for internal use. Institute of Sensory Research A department within the University. It is located in the same building as the Syracuse Research Corporation near the Skytop Office Building in the south campus. ISR Short for Institute for Sensory Research. ISRGATE A cisco CGS gateway located in the Syracuse Research Corporation building for the Institute for Sensory Research. Glossary 12 ISRMACGATE The name of a Kinetics Fastpath gateway located in the SRC building. It is for internal ISR use. IST Short for the School of Information Studies. ISTMACGATE The name of a Kinetics Fastpath gateway located in CST. It is for internal IST use. ISTSERVER The name of a Sun server located in CST, owned by IST. It is for internal use. Kellogg Project A group within the Adult Education department which runs some computer applications on their own equipment and is connected with the Syracuse University Internet. KELLOGGGATE A cisco CGS gateway located at the Kellog Project. KIMMACGATE The name of a Kinetics Fastpath gateway located in Kim- mel. It serves a cluster of Macintoshes run by ACS for general University use. KIMMELGATE A cisco CGS gateway located in Kimmel. Kimmel Hall A Syracuse University dining hall. It the basement is a cluster of terminals, IBM-compatible PCs, and Macin- toshes operated by ACS for general University use. Kinetics, Inc. The manufacturers of the Fastpath gateway. Kinetics Fastpath A type of gateway made by Kinetics, Inc.. It is used to attach Apple's Localtalk (or compatible) networks to University use. KIWI The name of an IBM Unix-based server located in CST, operated by ACS. It is co-owned by three departments and is used by those departments. KMACGATE The name of a Kinetics Fastpath gateway located in the Kellogg Project's building on Euclid Avenue. It is for internal Kellog Project use. KP Short for Kellogg Project. Link Hall A Syracuse University building which houses most of the School of Engineering. Overview of the Syracuse University Internet 13 Localtalk A type of LAN-technology developed by Apple to join Macintosh personal computers. It is a possible compo- nent of an Appletalk network. Logic Laboratory A group within CIS which does research on logic pro- gramming. LOGICLAB Another name for SKOLEM. LURCH The name of a Unix-based computer located in Machinery Hall, owned by CNS. It is planned as a machine to pro- vide low-level network service throughout the Syracuse University Internet such as "internet name service". Machinery Hall A Syracuse University building which houses much of CNS as well as most of the computers which CNS manages. MACH1 The name of a Unix-based Encore computer located in CST, owned by NPAC. It serves NPAC's clients. MAE Short for Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering. MEIKO The name of a Unix-based Sun computer located in CST, owned by CIS. It is for internal use. It is used as a front end for a Meiko array processor. MHGATE1 A cisco AGS gateway located in Machinery Hall. MHGATE2 A cisco AGS gateway located in Machinery Hall. MOTHRA The name of a Unix-based Sun computer located in CST, owned by CNS. It is for general University use. New Methods Research, Inc. The name of a corporation "spun off" from the Universi- ty which markets Nuclear Magnetic Resonance technology. Newhouse I A building within the University which houses part of the Newhouse School of Journalism. NEWMACGATE The name of a Kinetics Fastpath gateway located in New- house I. It is for internal use by the Newhouse School of Journalism. NMR Lab Short for Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Laboratory. NMR, Inc. Short for New Methods Research, Incorporated. North-East Parallel Architecture Center A computing center which makes "parallel-architecture" computers available to researchers throughout the Unit- Glossary 14 ed States. Parallel-architecture computers are a type of powerful but specialized computers. NOVA The name of a Sun server located in CST, owned by NPAC. It is for internal use. NPAC Short for the North-East Parallel Architecture Center. Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Lab A group within the University's Chemistry Department which does chemical research using Nuclear Magnetic Resonance techniques. NPACMACGATE3 The name of a Kinetics Fastpath gateway located in CST, owned by NPAC. It is for internal use. NSC Short for Natural Sciences Computing Center. NYSER Short for NYSERNet. NYSERGATE Syracuse University's name for NYSERNet's gateway to the Syracuse University Internet. It is a Proteon P4200 located in Machinery Hall, owned and operated by PSI, Inc., under contract to NYSERNet, Inc. NYSERMACGATE The name of a Kinetics Fastpath gateway in CST. It is for internal use by NYSERNet, Inc. NYSERNet The New York State Educational and Research Network. A network which serves educational and research sites throughout the state. NYSERNet, Inc. The non-profit corporation which runs NYSERNet. Its administrative offices are located in CST. OZONEMACGATE The name of a Kinetics Fastpath gateway in Machinery Hall. It attaches a printer to the Ethernet serving ACS's Macintosh clusters. OZONE2MACGATE The name of a Kinetics Fastpath gateway in Machinery Hall. It attaches a printer to the Ethernet serving ACS's Macintosh clusters. Performance Systems International, Inc. A commercial network provider which has a contract with NYSERNet, Inc. to serve New York State education and research. Phonenet A type of local area network which is compatible with Apple's Localtalk but which runs over ordinary tele- phone wires. Overview of the Syracuse University Internet 15 PHY Short for the University's Physics Department. Physics A department within the University. Physics Building A Syracuse University building which houses the Physics Department. POPEYE The name of a VAX/VMS-based DEC computer located in the Belfer Laboratory, owned by the Audio Archives. It is for internal use. Public Workstation Cluster A cluster of Sun and Apple workstations located in CST, owned by CNS. It is for general University use. PSI, Inc. Short for Performance Systems International, Incorpo- rated. P4050 The name of a Prime computer owned by CASE, located in CST. It is for internal use. RCSMACGATE The name of a Kinetics Fastpath gateway located in Machinery Hall. It is for internal ACS use. Ring Network A class of Local Area Network which uses a cable con- nects computers into a ring. RODAN The name of a Unix-based Gould computer located in Machinery Hall, owned by ACS. It is for general Uni- versity use. Schine A Syracuse University building which houses the student center. SCHMACGATE The name of a Kinetics Fastpath gateway located in Schine. It serves part of ACS's Schine cluster of Macintoshes which is for general University use. SCH2MACGATE The name of a Kinetics Fastpath gateway located in Schine. It serves part of ACS's Schine cluster of Macintoshes which is for general University use. Server Short for file server or disk server. SFX The name of a Unix-based Alliant computer located in CST, owned by NPAC. It is for use by NPAC's clients. SIXPAC The name of a Sun server located in CST, owned by NPAC. Glossary 16 SNOW-WHITE The name of a Sun server located in CST, owned by ECE. It is for internal use. STEELEMACGATE The name of a Kinetics Fastpath gateway located in Steele Hall. It is for use by administrators in Steele Hall. Subnet Any of the LANs on the Syracuse University campus which makes up the Syracuse University Internet. SUGRFX The name of a Unix-based Sun computer located in Heroy Hall, owned by ACS. It serves ACS's Graphics Laborato- ry which is for general University use. SUHEP The name of a VAX/VMS-based DEC computer located in the Physics Building, owned by Physics's High Energy Phys- ics group. It is for internal use. Sun, Inc. Manufacturer of Unix-based workstations and file ser- vers. Sun Server A type of Unix-based file server sold by Sun, Inc. Sun Workstation A type of a Unix-based workstation sold by Sun, Inc. SUNGOD The name of a VAX/VMS-based DEC computer located in CST, owned by Chemistry's NMR group. It is for inter- nal use. SUNLAB The name of a Sun server located in CST, owned by NPAC. It is for internal use. SUNNSC The name of a Sun server located in CST, owned by Chem- istry's NMR group. It is for internal use. SUNRISE The name of a VAX/VMS-based DEC computer located in Machinery Hall, owned by ACS. It is for general Uni- versity use. SUTCASE The name of a Unix-based DEC computer owned by CASE, located in CST. It is for internal use. SUVM A VM-based IBM computer located in Machinery all, owned by ACS. It is for general University use. ThickWire Ethernet A popular term for an Ethernet constructed with the original Ethernet coaxial cable. Overview of the Syracuse University Internet 17 ThinWire Ethernet An Ethernet constructed out of ThinWire Ethernet cable which is thinner and more flexible than normal Ethernet cable but cannot be run as far. TOP Another name for WOTAN. Workstation A type of desktop computer, usually more powerful than a PC. A workstation typically uses the Unix operating system. WOTAN The name of a Sun server located in CST, owned by CIS. It is for internal use. WRITEMACGATE The name of a Kinetics Fastpath gateway located in HBC. It is for the internal use of the English department's Writing Program. ZOOKEEPER The name of a Sun server located in CST, owned by CNS. It serves the Sun workstations in CNS's Public Work- station Cluster, which is for general University use. ZOOMACGATE The name of a Kinetics Fastpath gateway located in CST. It attaches ZOOKEEPER to an Apple Laser Writer. Glossary 18 Appendix B Bibliography 1. Comer, Douglas Internetworking with TCP/IP. Englewood Cliffs: Prentice Hall, 1988. 2. Davidson, John An Introduction to TCP/IP New York: Springer- Verlag, 1988. 3. Hedrick, Charles Introduction to Internet Protocols. Center for Computers and Information Services, Rutgers University. 4. Syracuse University Internet Map. Computing & Network Ser- vices, Syracuse University. 5. Wobus, John M. Introduction to Internet Networking. Com- puting & Network Services, Syracuse University. 6. Wobus, John M. Networks at Syracuse University. Computing & Network Services, Syracuse University. The map serves nicely as an illustration for this overview. Networks at Syracuse University describes all networks at Syra- cuse University at less detail than this overview. The other references are all on Internet networking and any can serve as background material for understanding this overview. Overview of the Syracuse University Internet 19