Enhancement of the BUTE network, preparation for GÉANT – case study

Jákó András <goya@eik.bme.hu>

BME EISzK

Hungarnet, the Hungarian academic research network, provides Internet connectivity of the Budapest University of Technology and Economics. Hungarnet is connected to the European research network (TEN-155) and to the Budapest Internet Exchange (BIX). TEN-155 will cease to exist by the end of 2001; GÉANT will take its place. This means a tremendous bandwidth growth this autumn of the international links of Hungarnet, including our university.

In view of the fact that a big portion of the university’s network traffic is international, there arise obvious questions: What impact will GÉANT have on our campus network? What is to be done in order to preserve the stability and efficiency of our network, and to profit from these new opportunities?

This presentation briefly introduces the current architecture of the BUTE computer network, discusses a bit the development possibilities of HBONE (the Hungarnet backbone) from the perspective of BUTE, and describes the enhancement possibilities and plans of the campus network.