SLAC Computer Networking: Site Map

Page Contents Search SLAC Web People Detailed Index Index of All Links on this Page Introduction Mission, Performance Expectations, Policies, Principles, Team Responsibilities, Wiring, Network Monitoring, Network Management(wiki). Configuration Architecture*; CANDO:( forms, listings*, new UI*); Border Firewall*; Lookup host*; Router ARP History*, Phones*; Protocols supported; Request Ethernet Install; Request nodename*; Subnets*. Monitoring Ganglia host monitoring; ICFA/SCIC WG on Monitoring; IEPM project; IEPM-BW; IEPM-BW results; IPv6; MAGGIE-NS; Monitoring sites; Nagios host alerts; Overview; PerfSONAR; PingER:( Reports worldwide, Site Map, SEECS, Wiki); LAN MON*; SLAC Internet; Tools; Traceroute servers; Tutorial; VPN Logs; WAN. Network Services Contacts, DHCP, Ethernet Speed change request, Email, Firewall*, Majordomo, Multicasting, News, Reporting Problems, TelAlert, Visitor subnet, Wireless Networking Phone Services ATOMs, Caller-ID, Configuration*, FAQ, Help directory, International phone call rates International use, Overview of extensions, Policies, Problems, Requests, Services, Unknown phones, Users' Guide, Voice (audio) conferencing, VoiceMail Reference Card. Remote Access Services Stanford Network Connections, VPN/PPTP*, Citrix Server Problems Case studies, Changes, Outages, Reporting. Other SLAC Info. Computer room tour, Mac, Security, UNIX, Windows NT. Info. Elsewhere Monitoring Tutorial, Monitoring Tools, Networks, Network documents, Network Organizations, Network Reference, Telecomm Update, Vendors. Enter numbers with operators in box (e.g. 365/7) then click on Calculate and the result will appear for about 3 seconds in the banner line at the bottom. Operators include + - * / % {modulus}. Click on Help for more information. It needs Javascript. If it stops working, try refreshing/reloading the page.

Useful debugging tools, utilities and Demos What is my IP address / traceroute? What is my IP address, OS, browser Traceroute router utilization Visual Traceroute DNS Lookup Does host respond to ping from: SLAC, a Silicon Valley Commercial site, Italy Test my network configuration from: SLAC * (server is down requiring security patches), Stanford, ANL. Network Path and Application Diagnosis (NPAD) Estimate bandwidth What is speed of your Internet connection Speed Test Bandwidth Test Latency Calculator Where am I? Where is another host? Geolocate an IP host by pings (TULIP) PingWorld regions Interactive PingER map ViPER. A "movie" chart of Internet Performance from 1998 thru last year MonALISA Internet Congestion Wave (46MB video file, 15MB video file) Hourly latency measurements for 2005 African Internet Weather (also on YouTube). Check Windows Network Settings Download host monitoring agent (LISA) Announcements, Hot Topics, In the News etc. 10/1/08 - Mapping the Digital Divide in Symmetry Magazine, Sept 08 4/22/08 - pingER service added to perfSONAR-PS suite 4/22/08 - Africa's Internet Drought, also on YouTube. 2/3/08 - Mediterranean fibre cuts, from Slashdot and also from Network World. 1/18/08 - Princess Sumaya of Jordan Visits SLAC 11/7/07 - Rector of NUST Visits SLAC 7/28/07 - Bridging the Digital Divide from the APS/FIP Newsletter July 2007. 6/18/07 - SLAC's Les Cottrell and Collaborator Awarded "Best Software" Prize from SLAC Today. 6/14/07 - TULIP wins First Prize in All Asia Softec 2007 5/30/07 - Mapping the Digital Divide from SLAC Today. Older Announcements, hot topics, news

Network Policies:

• No Tampering with Telephone, Networking Cables or Equipment,
• Multi-homed hosts,
• Production network devices,
• Remote Access Servers.
• Policy and expectations for the SLAC Visitor and Wireless networks.
• SLAC's Network Principles.

Configuration Information

• Computer And Network Database in Oracle (CANDO) keeps detailed information on :
  • Network hardware and software*. There are forms to:
    • Find information on a selected host by looking at network device tables and logs*,
    • Search for MAC address or IP address in history of Router ARP*,
    • Request Name Server lookups, Pings and Traceroutes from the SLAC Web server to your browser.
    • Update the CANDO database*.
  • To register a device use the SLAC Nodename and Address Request Form*.
  • New (2009) CANDO user interface
• Local Area Network
• Network Architecture 2007, presentation, various subnet diagrams: LEB*, BABAR*, FARM*, Visitor*.
• Older Schematics: Network Backbone Oct-95*, Switched Network Summer '96*, Switched Network Spring '97, Summer 1999, Spring 2000, Network Diagrams 2003*
• SLAC LAN/WAN Description talk given by David Millson October 27, 1999.
• SLAC Size of the Local Area Network a summary of specific characteristics of SLAC's network and hosts.
• WAN connectivity is described in SLAC Networking, June 1999, Network Connectivity, July 1998 and The Internet & SLAC, July 1997. See also wan-oct95.ps* SLAC's WAN Connections, October 1995.

Network Monitoring

• Internet End-to-end Performance Monitoring (IEPM) project.
• Network Monitoring for the LAN and WAN Invited talk given at ORNL, June 24, 1996, by Les Cottrell.
• Wide Area Network Monitoring at SLAC.
• Response times for various network services for yesterday* and so far today*.

Information Sources Elsewhere