Current Nepal NREN Network

Prashant Manandhar
Nepal Research & Education Network (NREN).

TEIN3 SAFS meeting

8th May 2009

Singapore
 Connectivity

NRENs 80% of network linked within the Capital city, some in

other parts of Central, Mid Eastern, Mid Western and Southern
Region.

Tested WIDE/AIII network through Satellite, bandwidth 13Mbps

sharing with IOE/TU.

Local connectivity 2 ~ 10 Mbps, Internet Bandwidth 1/1Mbps

Now, were testing peering with APAN JP through tunneling for

Global R&E Network through 10Mbps Internet Bandwidth.
 Current NREN network
Humla

Darchula

Bajhang
Mugu
Bajura
Baitadi

Jumla
Dadeldhura Dolpa
Doti Kalikot
Achham

Mustang

Kanchanpur Dailekh Jajarkot

Kailali Rukum Manang

Surkhet Myagdi

Bardiya Salyan Baglung Kaski

Rolpa Lamjung Gorkha

Rasuwa
Parbat

Pyuthan Gulmi
Banke
Syangja Namche, Everest
Dang Tanahun
Nuwakot Sindhupalchok
Arghakhanchi
Dolakha
Palpa Dhading Solukhumbu
Kathmandu Sankhuwasabha
Bhaktapur Taplejung
Kapilbastu Nawalparasi
Chitwan Lalitpur Kavre Ramechhap
Rupandehi
Makwanpur
Okhaldhunga

Parsa Sindhuli Khotang Bhojpur Terhathum

Panchthar

Bara
Dhankuta
Rautahat Sarlahi Udaypur Ilam
Mahottari
Dhanusa
Siraha
Sunsari Morang
Saptari Jhapa
 PROPOSED NREN NETWORK TO
GOVERNMENT
Proposed to using National Optical Fiber backbone R&E.
Present Optical Fiber Backbone Network of Nepal Telecom: Most of the
academic institutes will be connected through this to NREN by end2009.
 NREN Network

IP Resource
IPv4 Address Space - 202.52.0.0/23
AS45170
IPV6 Address Space 2001:0d30:001d::/48 from WIDE.
Hardware (Mostly, donated by NSRC)
1U Quad processors Server from NSRC for Route Views.
Routers - Cisco 7200 VXR NPE 400, 7200 (Donated by NSRC/
University of Oregon), 2600s and 1700s (Donated by NpIX).
Switches HP 4000X Series (Donated by NSRC, University of
Oregon) , Cisco 2960. Recently, 48 HP4000 Procurve
Switches donated for NREN network and campus network by
NSRC, UOregon), distributed to 12 universities, colleges and
institutions.
Access Network - Cisco 1700s and Soekris routers
Wireless (2.4 and 5.8 GHz) Radios
TEIN3, GLOBAL ADVANCED R&E
NETWORK
Routing

Core Network and Access Network in

separate broadcast domain on common
provider fiber
Different Provider VLANs for L2 Circuit
OSPF as IGP in the core
iBGP for prefixes
Access Network and Customers
No OSPF, only eBGP, using RFC 2270
NREN Core Network

MPLS Network
Layer 2

Weve fiber connection from providers

Internal to providers, they have assigned vlans for

NREN, and do Q-in-Q. IEEE 802.1Q-in-Q, is a

provider bridge extensions in 802.1Q VLAN tag
Core network and customer network are on

separate VLANs
We also have wireless connections, mainly outside
urban areas. Theyre linked in same VLAN tag.
 Current NREN Activity
Field Server, climate change monitoring: Current Research Work between NREN,
ICIMOD, DNPW, Keio University, NARC/NARO Japan and APAN-JP in Imja-
Glacial lake, 10km south of Mt. Everest

IPVC for telemedicine and teleteaching

IPv6 Testbed network

Quad Processor 1U Server from NSRC for Route views

IP-USN: Internet Protocol-Ubiquitous Sensor Network supported by NIA, Korea.

Rural network

Distance Education

Wireless Networking

National network and human resource development for R&E.

R&E Network for Health applications.

Video and Audio communications via NREN with Nepal Wireless Network
to Model Hospital, Healthnet networks and Rural Areas Hospitals.

Connected in Institute of Medicine/Tibhuwan University,Nepal Medical

College/Kathmandu University and other nine hospitals too.

Using mix of wireless and other available medium to connect rural areas
With NREN partners.

Collaborating with National Health Research Center and Health Ministry for
connecting all Nepalese Medical Institutes soon.
Health Net Nepal Network in Kathmandu
city, 9 hospitals connected
NREN with Nepal Wireless in Some Central, Eastern 140
Km and Southern Part -110Km of Nepal for Rural Health
and Education. 10-20Mbps.
NREN with Nepal Wireless Mid Western for Rural Health
and Education. 10-20Mbps.
Imja Lake Glacial lake Monitoring Project
Recent Updates on Glacial Lake Monitoring Research: Single Mode
Fibre 6 Core S- Namche to SNP laid about 1Km for redundancy of
connectivity. Altitude: 3400mtr~3700mtr.
Latest Information of Glacial Project

http://fsds.dc.affrc.go.jp/data4/Himalayan/
 Climate Change : NRENs Plan for Action

All glaciers and their associates such as glacier lakes and GLOFs above
7000 m and above are monitored in real time from remote location
anywhere in the globe for research on global warming and their possible
impact in Himalayan Region and other parts of the world.

Establish East-West Himalayan Wireless Network (EWHWN) to provide

network infrastructure along the Himalayan Region from East to West.
East-West Himalayan Wireless Network
Technical Training Campus Networking Best Practices in SAREN/SANOG
Meeting Kathmandu, Dale Smith@NSRC University of Oregon.
Thank you!

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