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.
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