HEP-CAS

 
 Section 1: Coordinates
 
 Name of the network: HEP-CAS  
 
 Contact person/point: Dr. Rongsheng Xu  / The Institute of High Energy Physics, Chinese                          			Cindy Xin Hao		Academy of  Scienes, Beijing.
 
 Postal Address: P.O.Box 918-7, Beijing 100039, China 
 Telephone Number: +86-10-8218315
    Fax Number:    
    E-mail address: {xurs/haoxin}@sun.ihep.ac.cn
    
    Section 2: Network
    
    1.  Scope of the network: (check all that apply)
    
            Academic  		[ x]
            General Research		[ ]
            Government		[ ]
            NGO			[ ]
            Commercial		[ ]
            Special Interest Group	[ ]	Specify________
            Other			[ ]   	Specify________
     
    2.  Description:
    
           Operating since: 1987, connected since 1993
           Registered users: ~2,000
           Active users:~1,500
           (connected at least once a month during the last 3 
           months)

    3.  Approximately, what percent of your users would you estimate as 
    being:
    
           _70%____   University and research faculty staff /Governmentemployeces*
           _25%____   University students (graduate students) *it is difficult to separate these two all         						universities and research institutes are governmental
           _____           Government employees
           __4%  ___   Commercial employees
           _____           NGO employees
           __1%  ___   Employees of International organizations  
           _____          Other   
    
    4.  Do you charge for services?     Yes [x ]  No [ ]
    
           If Yes, specify charging methods (check all that apply):
                   ____ Free to end users
                   ____ Fixed charges to end users
                   __x__ Variable (usage-based) charge to end users based on connection time.
                   ____ Free to end institutions (such as a university)
                   ____ Fixed charged to institutions
                   ____ Variable (usage-based) charge to institutions
    
    5.  What is the approximate annual budget for your network 
        connection and/or information center?    ________ USA$
    
    6.  Of that budget, approximately what percent is used for:
    
           _____ communication equipment
           _____ computer equipment
           _____ communication charges
           _____ technical staff
           _____ management staff
           _____ support staff
           _____ facilities
           _____ software
           _____ overhead
           _____ other ______________________

    7.  Type(s) of connection(s) or gateway(s) out of your country
    
           __x___ IP
           _____ UUCP
           _____ Fidonet
           _____ Bitnet
           __x___ Other ___DElnet____________________

    8.  Communication links(s) out of your country (for each link)
    
           Speed                   _____64kbps_____
           Leased or switched      _leased___
           Communication vendor    Chinese PTT & ITJ of Japan__________
           Connection point        ___Beijing Telecom Authority (BTA)_______
    
    9.  Approximately, what percent of your users have:
    
           __20%____ e-mail only (UUCP)
           __60%____ dial-in access to a command line account on a host
           _______      dial-in SLIP/PPP connectivity
           __20%____ full-time IP connectivity

    10. Approximately, what percent of hosts on your network run:
    
           _______     an FTP server
           _______     a WWW (http) server
           _______     a Gopher server
           __no_____ a list server
           __no_____ a news server
           __no_____ a dial-up bulletin board
           __no_____ a library catalogue
           _______     other 
           
    11. Of the hosts of your network, what of each type?
    
          30% ____ Personal computers running DOS
          30%____ Personal computers running Microsoft Windows
           ___      _  Personal computers running Unix
           ____        Personal computers running Mac OS
          40% ___  Unix workstations
           ____        Other workstations
           ____        Unix minicomputers
           ____        Other minicomputers
           ____        Unix mainframes
           30%____ Other mainframes DEL VMS machines
           ____         Other _Netware__

    12. Approximately, what percent of the hosts in your network 
    communicate via:
    
           100%___ IP
           ____        UUCP
           ____        Fido
           ____        Bitnet
           50%         Other _DElnet_______________
    
    
    Media: 
    
    Comments (plans, etc.):
    
    Section 4: Help-desk and user support
    
    1.  Is there a help-desk or other central point for queries?  Yes [X] 
        No [ ]
    
           Postal address:  Networking Group/Computing Center/Institute of High Energy Physics/P.O.Box 918-7/Beiking 100039/China
           Telephone Number: +86-10-828315
           e-mail address: nwg@sun.ihep.ac.cn
    
    2.  Is a general user guide available?  Yes [x ]   No [ ]
    
           Paper   [ x]      Electronic [x ]
    
    3.  User group support activities
    
        Describe activities to support user groups in using the 
        network.
       Answering phone calls; running short training sessions; onsite training and installation
    
    4.  Training activities and workshops

        Describe activities to train and inform user support 
        staff.
        not yet, will set up this after I return from INGT'95 workshop
    
    5.  Other activities

        Describe any other activities on your network you 
        consider relevant.  Comments (plans, etc.): 
        We have a quite comprehensive China Home Page: http://www.ihep.ac.cn/
    Section 5: Success stories
    
    Could you give some examples of users or applications which best
    illustrate the value of your network: 
    I can't give the details, but these was a strange madical case which doctors in Beijing coudln't diagnose        and asked from help via email internation and got some useful suggestions.