Several universities have approached Jisc over the past year regarding the potential for sending broadcast content between a university and a national broadcaster.
This group is for all those who are interested in this area, and are likely to or have already started sending content to broadcasters.
Why is IPv6 important?
Put simply, it is no longer possible for the Internet Assigned Numbers Authority (IANA) to allocate new network addresses under the old protocol running the Internet, IPv4. This does not mean the Internet itself is running out. It does however limit the applicability of all new installations. Many organisations have existing reserves of IPv4 space but the time will come when no new addresses can be assigned. Adoption of IPv6 needs to happen to allow the Internet...
New: Presentations from NHS-HE Forum on 11th June 2020; NHS-HE IG WG meeting 7th July 2020
NHS-Higher Education Connectivity Project: about
NHS-HE Forum: about+archive, last meeting, next - November 2020 tba
Scotland NHS-HE Forum:archive, next - currently on hold
NHS & eduroam, List of hospitals providing eduroam
Govroam - roaming federation for the public services
NHS-HE Information Governance Working Group - particularly for those involved in...
Janet Peering Policy
Janet operates an open peering policy subject to our standard peering agreement and all ISPs are invited to peer. We are present at LINX LON1, LINX LON2, LINX Manchester and IXLeeds. Details of Janet's public interconnection points are listed in the table below.
Janet Public Interconnection Points
LINX - Telehouse North
Public Interconnection 1
Janet(UK)
Physical Address
Telehouse North - via LINX LON1 LAN
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IP Multicast is a bandwidth conserving technology that can reduce traffic by transporting single streams of information across the network backbone to regional and local distribution points where the data is replicated for simultaneous delivery to multiple users. Some applications that can take advantage of Multicast include videoconferencing, video serving and news distribution.
An IPv6 Multicast Technical Guide is available.The updated IPv4 Multicast Technical Guide will be available in...Old Netsight Shutdown - March 2020
The old version of Netsight will be turned off at the end of March 2020 !If you have Netsight information and reports populating web pages, intranet reports or operation desk systems - please ensure you migrate to netsight3 and test these reports' function. Notify us imediately of any issues. Please email help@jisc.ac.uk with a subject line of "FAO: Netsight2 Closure Project"
New Netsight (Netsight3)
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The Janet Delivery Team ("JDT") is the mechanism through which Janet and all regional network operators work
together to manage the overall delivery of the Janet services. The JDT comprises individuals nominated from each
regional network operator, and members of Janet's Operations, Development and RNO Contract Management teams.
The JDT operates through regular meetings of the individuals, in addition to normal day-to-day direct...
This community group is created for networking staff to discuss issues and problems related to network connectivity between their UK campus and overseas campus.
This group has been created to keep you updated on the Janet6 project - to build the next generation of the Janet infrastructure.
Please use this platform to discuss or ask questions surrounding the Janet6 project. We will also post on this group any opportunities to get involved in events, briefings and discussions.
Further information on the project can be found on the Janet6 project pages.
Join our blog to get updates from the Janet6 team.
If you wish...
