06 Apr 2021 Advanced Networking Internet2 Next Generation Infrastructure Update: 29 Packet Nodes Connected by Forty 400G Links; GDT Install Completes on Schedule Estimated reading time: 3 minutes By Chris Wilkinson, Internet2 Network Services Director of Planning and Architecture In the two weeks since we reported the first 400 Gbps backbone connections on the Internet2 network, our team has made substantial progress toward fully deploying… Read More
22 Mar 2021 Advanced Networking Now Online: First Internet2 Next Generation Infrastructure 400G Ethernet Links for New Routed Network Estimated reading time: 4 minutes By Chris Wilkinson, Internet2 Network Services Director of Planning and Architecture Internet2 marks the beginning of this week having deployed its first operational 400 Gbps Ethernet connections for its new Next Generation Infrastructure (NGI) platform. Cisco 8201… Read More
26 Feb 2021 Advanced Networking First Internet2 Next Generation Infrastructure 800G Single-carrier Link Online; Long-haul, Flex-grid Deployment Complete Estimated reading time: 3 minutes By Chris Wilkinson, Network Services Director of Planning and Architecture Internet2 today deployed its first 800 Gbps single-carrier optical circuit between Phoenix and Tucson as part of its Next Generation Infrastructure (NGI) program. This circuit leverages a… Read More
24 Feb 2021 Advanced Networking IPv6 is the Internet’s Future – and Together with ARIN We’ll Help You Enable IPv6 By Steven Wallace Estimated reading time: 2 minutes While our community led early IPv6 development, the commercial sector has taken the lead. As early founders of the internet, US research and education institutions hold a disproportionate share of IPv4 addresses, lessening incentives to embrace IPv6. While… Read More
16 Feb 2021 Advanced Networking Looking Ahead, Moving Forward: Internet2 Network Services’ Commitments in 2021 and Beyond Estimated reading time: 8 minutes By Robert Vietzke, Internet2 Vice President, Network Services With an unexpected 2020 behind us, the Internet2 Network Services team is focused on 2021 objectives that deliver on the Next Generation Infrastructure (NGI) program: the completion of an upgraded… Read More
16 Feb 2021 Advanced Networking NAOPpag 2021 Strategic Discussion Topics Estimated reading time: 2 minutes By Linda Roos, Internet2 Senior Director, State and Regional Networks The Network Architecture, Operations and Policy Program Advisory Group (NAOPpag) provides strategic advice to the leadership of Network Services on all aspects of designing, operating, sustaining, and… Read More
25 Jan 2021 Advanced Networking Next Generation Infrastructure Packet Implementation Continues: Late January Update Estimated reading time: 1 minute By Scott Taylor, Internet2 Packet Platform Implementation Director The third week of the packet implementation for the Next Generation Infrastructure (NGI) program is complete. Cisco series 8000 routers are being installed in 48 locations around the country. Read More
11 Jan 2021 Advanced Networking Next Generation Infrastructure Packet Implementation Underway! Estimated reading time: 2 minutes By Scott Taylor, Internet2 Packet Platform Implementation Director January 2021 brought the start of the new year and the beginning of the packet implementation for the Next Generation Infrastructure (NGI) program. This implementation will bring 100G and… Read More
15 Dec 2020 Advanced Networking December 2020 NGI Update: Optical and Packet Migration Progress Estimated reading time: 3 minutes By Chris Wilkinson, Internet2 Director of Network Planning and Architecture, and Scott Taylor, Packet Platform Implementation Director Internet2 Optical Update: As 2020 comes to an end, the NGI optical upgrade is completing its flex grid line system… Read More
11 Dec 2020 Advanced Networking Karl Newell Presents on Network Automation and Orchestration at Upcoming NSO Developer Days U.S. Estimated reading time: 4 minutes By Sara Aly, Internet2 Communications Manager Karl Newell, network software architect, is giving a keynote address on Internet2’s automation journey at the upcoming NSO Developer Days U.S., being held virtually December 16th from 9 to 11 a.m. Read More