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From: molnar@gpu.utcs.toronto.edu (Tom Molnar)
Date: Wed, 29-Mar-89 16:16:07 EST
Message-ID: <1989Mar29.161607.11999@gpu.utcs.toronto.edu>
Organization: University of Toronto Computing Services
Newsgroups: ont.general
Subject: Re: Connecting to the Internet
Summary: join Onet.
References: <221@moegate.UUCP>
Reply-To: molnar@gpu.utcs.toronto.edu (Tom Molnar)
Distribution: ont

In article <221@moegate.UUCP> soley@moegate.UUCP (Norman S. Soley) writes:
# OK, I'll show my ignorance. How would a psuedo-commercial orgainization 
# in Ontario (like for instance MOE) go about establishing an IP connection 
# to the Internet? 

The logical connection path would be to join a regional net: Onet in this
case.

Onet began life as a cooperative network between a few academic
institutions in Ontario.  Onet has grown to become a recognized
regional network that is part of the Internet.  While I am not aware of
any restrictions as to who may join Onet, there is a definite
restriction on the nature of the traffic.  It must be non-commercial in
nature.

The current Onet management policy is still informal, but I am told that there
are two membership classes (and these are in fact subject to change):

	i)  Full voting membership.
	    In order to become a full voting member, an organisation
	    must not only pay the $15k/yr membership fee, but must also
	    buy a Cisco router. A full voting member becomes part of
	    the backbone infrastructure. This means the organisation
	    must be willing to allow connections to the new router as
	    Onet requirements grow.  The communications line costs are
	    borne by Onet.  The new router is backed up by an Onet
	    maintenance spare.

	ii) End node membership.
	    An organisation must still pay the $15k/yr membership fee,
	    but no longer has to purchase a Cisco router.  All that is
	    required is to find an organisation already connected to
	    Onet who is willing to act as a gateway.  The end
	    node will have to cover all communications costs.  Note
	    that these costs are low in the Toronto area, and the
	    connection could be as simple as a 9600 baud SLIP
	    connection (TCP/IP over a serial line) between two UNIX
	    workstations.  The connection could be between two
	    dedicated routers as well.

Again, let me emphasize that Onet is currently a cooperative network.
Policies have not yet been formalized.

Other requirements are simply those of any TCP/IP network.  The
gateway/hosts in the organisation should, in principle, conform to
current Internet standards.   Individuals interested in this should
refer to rfc1009 and the draft host requirements rfc.

Organisations formally interested in joining Onet may contact

		Dr. Warren Jackson
		Director, UofT Computing Services
		(416) 978-8948
		wcj@vm.utcs.utoronto.ca

One final point.  A Cisco router is not made by Proteon.  Cisco Systems Inc.
is a vendor of dedicated network routers, just like Proteon.

Hope this helps,
Tom
-- 
Tom Molnar
Unix Systems Group, University of Toronto Computing Services.