Network Startup Resource Center

Network Startup Resource Center (NSRC)

Network Startup Resource Center (NSRC) is a non-profit activity that has worked since the late 1980s to help develop and deploy networking technology in various projects throughout Asia/Pacific, Africa, Latin America and the Caribbean, the Middle East, and the New Independent States. Partially supported by grant award 0726077 from the US National Science Foundation, the NSRC provides technical and engineering assistance to international networking initiatives building access to the public Internet, especially to academic/research institutions and non-governmental organizations (NGOs). The NSRC is based at the University of Oregon, where we work in collaboration with the Advanced Network Technology Center (ANTC), and Network Services.

The NSRC works directly with the indigenous network engineers and operators who develop and maintain the Internet infrastructure in their respective countries and regions by providing technical information, engineering assistance, training, donations of networking books, equipment and other resources. The end goal in this work is to make it easier for local scientists, engineers and educators to collaborate via the Internet with their international colleagues by helping to connect communities of interest. By strategically working with universities, research institutes, Internet Service Providers, Regional Internet Registries, government agencies, supranational agencies, industry, private foundations and non-governmental organizations, the NSRC helps develop national and regional Internet infrastructure for collaborative research, education, and international partnerships.

Upcoming Events

 Summer School of Network Design and Operations
 
The Network Startup Resource Center in conjunction with the University of Oregon Network Services and Computer and Information Science department will be offering the Summer School of Network Design and Operations at the University of Oregon in Eugene, Oregon, USA from July 19-24, 2009. This course is designed to help train attendees working in campus networking or National Research and Education Networks (NRENs) about proper design methodologies for these environments. For full details please see http://nsrc.org/workshops/2009/summer/.

A list of upcoming events is available here or you can view our calendar if you would prefer.

Publications

(Available in multiple languages and formats)

• Guide to Administrative Procedures of the Internet Infrastructure (RFC 2901)
• Expanding International Email Connectivity--Another Look
• History of the Internet in Thailand
• Country-Code Top-Level Domain Best Current Practices

Steven Huter and Adiel Akplogan contributed a short article for the Guardian's feature story about the future of the Internet, published on December 3, 2007.

Workshop Resource Centre

The Internet Society Workshop Resource Centre is a repository for sharing lab-based educational materials and planning tools for network technology workshops. Funded by ISOC and the Public Internet Registry, the WRC is developed by the NSRC and hosted at the University of Oregon, with additional support from the National Science Foundation.

Contact Us

Network Startup Resource Center (NSRC)
1225 Kincaid Street
1212-University of Oregon
Eugene, OR 97403-1212 USA

Phone: +1-541-346-3547
Fax: +1-541-346-4397
nsrc@nsrc.org

 

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Some Popular Items

• ISP Resource Document
• NSRC Publications
• Routing, BGP and IXP Resources
• Securing Network Services and Infrastructure
• Wireless Resources

Our Online Database

• Worldwide Connectivity Info
• Add/Edit Connectivity Info

Recent Activity

Pacific Network Operators Group Fifth Meeting

The NSRC assisted with instructors, planning, coordination and donations to the 5th PacNOG meeting held in Papeete, French Polynesia (Tahiti) from June 15-19, 2009. In addition to instructor travel, direct support and assisting with book donations from O'Reilly Media, Inc., a number of organizations helped to make the meeting a success. A complete list of sponsors is available here.

 

Workshop attendees at the 5th PacNOG Meeting held in Papeete, French Polynesia

African Network Operators Group 10th Meeting

The NSRC assisted with instructors, planning and coordination as well as donating books for the 10th annual African Network Operators Group (AfNOG 2009) meeting held in Cairo, Egypt from May 10-21, 2009. For a complete list of sponsors for this event see http://afnog/afnog2009/sponsors.html. You can see the AfNOG web site for more information on the meeting and the AfNOG Workshop web site for materials, agendas, photos and more concerning the workshops held at the AfNOG meeting.

 

Workshop attendees at the 10th annual AfNOG Meeting held in Cairo, Egypt