Compendium 2005 - Users / Clients

In this section, reference is made to the various levels of education. We are using the ISCED classification scheme; more information about this scheme is here. Roughly speaking, 'University' level is equivalent to ISCED levels 5 and 6; 'higher/further education' is equivalent to ISCED level 4; 'secondary education' corresponds to ISCED levels 2 and 3 and 'primary education' to ISCED level 1.

1.1Estimate of the percentage of the institutions in each category that are served by the NREN (note that it is possible that not all institutions receive the same services)

Type of institution	Allowed to serve this type of institution?	% of all institutions of this type served by the NREN
Universities	`(x)`Yes `( )`No	100.0
Institutes of higher/further education	`(x)`Yes `( )`No	100.0
Research institutes	`(x)`Yes `( )`No	60.0
Secondary schools	`(x)`Yes `( )`No	1.0
Primary schools	`(x)`Yes `( )`No	1.0
Libraries, Museums, National Archives	`(x)`Yes `( )`No	1.0
Hospitals (other than University hospitals)	`( )`Yes `(x)`No
Government departments (national, regional, local)	`(x)`Yes `( )`No	10.0
Others	`(x)`Yes `( )`No

If you connect others, please specify who (companies, individuals, etc.)

1.2Does the NREN have a Connection Policy on its website?	`( )`Yes `(x)`No
URL:
1.3Does the NREN have an Acceptable Use Policy?	`(x)`Yes `( )`No
URL:	http://www.heanet.ie/about/policy.html
Does the AUP describe what is allowed on the network?	`(x)`Yes `( )`No
Does the AUP describe what is forbidden on the network?	`(x)`Yes `( )`No
Does the AUP have to be signed by each institution that is connected to the network?	`(x)`Yes `( )`No
Does the AUP require the connected institutions to designate a person who is in charge of security?	`( )`Yes `(x)`No
Does it recommend or require connected institutions to develop their own AUPs (for end users)?	`( )`Yes `(x)`No If yes, URL of an example or model:

1.4Estimate of by what method the different types of institutions are connected to the network

	% connected to a POP on the NREN, directly or through a MAN managed by the NREN	% connected to the NREN via a regional or metropolitan network managed by a third party	% connected to the NREN via or behind another, connected institution	Total
Universities	100.0	0.0	0.0	100
University Sites	0.0	0.0	0.0	0
Sites of Institutes of higher/further education	28.0	62.0	10.0	100
Sites of Research institutes	100.0	0.0	0.0	100
Sites of Secondary schools	100.0	0.0	0.0	100
Sites of Primary schools	100.0	0.0	0.0	100
Sites of Libraries, Museums, National Archives	100.0	0.0	0.0	100
Sites of Hospitals (other than University hospitals)	0.0	0.0	0.0	0
Sites of Government departments (national, regional, local)	100.0	0.0	0.0	100
Sites of Others	0.0	0.0	0.0	0

1.5Total number of logical connections to the NREN for each institutional category, and the percentage breakdown for each bandwidth class (note: this is usable bandwidth)

Sites of	Total number connected	% connected at up to 2 Mbit/s	% connected at >2 Mb and =< 10 Mb/s	% connected at > 10 Mb/s and =< 100 Mb/s	% connected at > 100 and < 1000 Mb/s
Universities	7	0.0	0.0	14.0	86.0
Institutes of higher/further education	21	0.0	0.0	100.0	0.0
Research institutes	10	70.0	0.0	30.0	0.0
Secondary schools	4	100.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Primary schools	9	100.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Libraries, Museums, National Archives	1	100.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Hospitals (other than University hospitals)	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Government departments (national, regional, local)	6	84.0	16.0	0.0	0.0
Others	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0

Support for IPv6 was or will be introduced:

1.6Does the network currently support IPv6 or does it have plans for that?	`(x)`Yes `( )`No
Support for IPv6 as a pilot service was / will be introduced:	Q4/2000
Support for IPv6 as a production network was / will be introduced:	Q2/2003

1.7 Total number of sites that have IPv6 connectivity through the NREN for the institutional categories listed below.

Sites of	Total number of IPv6 connections ( = 100%)	% connected with native IPv6	% connected via tunnelled IPv6	% connected using tunnel brokers
Universities	2	50.0	0.0	50.0
Institutes of higher/further education	2	0.0	100.0	0.0
Research institutes	1	100.0	0.0	0.0
Secondary schools	0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Primary schools	0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Libraries, Museums, National Archives	0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Hospitals (other than University hospitals)	0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Government departments (national, regional, local)	0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Others	0	0.0	0.0	0.0

Remarks regarding this section

Q1.3 We strongly urge clients to nominate a security contact. Also, we offer our own AUP as an example to be modified by client institutions.

On Q1.4, we have been asked to plan for the direct connections of 13 Institutes of Technology, which are currently connected via a third-party network.

In general, we are in the process of connecting all 4,000 primary and secondary schools to our network. This will start in April/May and will take about a year to complete.