Case Study Case Study

Khartoum University Networking

& Internet ServicesBy :Noha M .Bhairy

Nazim F. Habbani

Networking & Internet Services Unit

Khartoum University

Khartoum - Sudan

IntroductionIntroduction

The Position of the University.

The university Campuses locations.

Main

Campus

Communication Room

Soba CampusSaad HospitalMed. Campus

Acad. Centre Edu. Campus Sham. Campus

5.6km8.2km6.3km

2.1km 10.4km 14.4km

University of Khartoum Sites

The Network PlansThe Network Plans

Three Phases (1995)

Phase One : LAN’s of Faculties. Phase Two : Backbones. Phase Three : WANs of Campuses .

The Existing NetworksThe Existing Networks

Established LANs in various faculties

Most LANs are connected to the communication room at the unit.

Some are connected via local PBX, and others are connected using wide area technologies (ISDN , Datacloud)

Location No. of PCs Connection Type

GraduateSciences Lab.

15 Dial Up

Art Psychology 6 Dial Up

Science Biology 8 Dial Up

Physics 10 Dial Up

Post GraduateStudies

15 Dial Up

AdministrationStudies

10 Dial Up

Computer Centre 48 Cable

Medical Campus 20 Data Cloud

EducationCampus

25 Data Cloud

MathematicalSciences

50 Data Cloud

Elkhirigeen Unit 6 ISDN

Engineering 70 -

Shambat 14 -

Connections to Communication Room & Gateway

Technology Used for Internet Technology Used for Internet ConnectionsConnections

Zaknet Connections

Data cloud

Zaknet ConnectionZaknet Connection

• Satellite access to Internet

• Download Speed = 192kbps

• Satellite dish of 60 cm diameter

• Dish pointed to Nile Sat

• Zak card plugged into the server

Data CloudData Cloud

Frame Relay technology offered by the Sudan Telecommunications Company(Sudatel)

Bandwidth of 64kbps, upgradable to 2Mbps

User equipment consist of DTU and router

The Proposed NetworksThe Proposed Networks

The following interconnections are to be made within the university:– Shampat campus to comm. room(Radio link)– Within Education campus (optical fibre)– Within the main campus (optical fibre)– Soba campus to comm. room (Radio link)