Network Startup Resource Center

Network Startup Resource Center (NSRC)

is a non-profit organization that has worked since the late 1980s to help develop and deploy networking technology in various projects throughout Asia/Pacific, Africa, Latin America and the Caribbean, the Middle East, and the New Independent States. Partially supported by grant award 0726077 from the US National Science Foundation, the NSRC provides technical and engineering assistance to international networking initiatives building access to the public Internet, especially to academic/research institutions and non-governmental organizations (NGOs). The NSRC is based at the University of Oregon, where we work in collaboration with the Advanced Network Technology Center (ANTC), and Network Services.

NSRC's Main Focus Areas

Helping develop and deploy Internet infrastructure in R&E networks
Assisting US scientists with international research partnerships
Providing technical information and tools to network operators
Providing direct network engineering and design assistance
Helping organize regional training workshops and centers
Coordinating donations and shipments of networking books and equipment
Helping develop Internet eXchange points
Helping build wireless network infrastructure
Hosting network engineering interns
Advising on how to establish help desk/user support services
Maintaining a historical archive of Internet connectivity

Upcoming Events

During AfNOG 2008 in Morocco, NSRC will team with AfNOG and MARWAN to organize a short course in Unix fundamentals, followed by a one-week Unix system administration program, and additional tutorials on network monitoring/management, and campus network design.

Publications

(Available in multiple languages and formats)

Steven Huter and Adiel Akplogan contributed a short article for the Guardian's feature story about the future of the Internet, published on December 3, 2007.

Workshop Resource Centre

The Internet Society Workshop Resource Centre is a repository for sharing lab-based educational materials and planning tools for network technology workshops. Funded by ISOC and the Public Internet Registry, the WRC is developed by the NSRC and hosted at the University of Oregon, with additional support from the National Science Foundation.

Contact Us

Network Startup Resource Center (NSRC)
1225 Kincaid Street
1212-University of Oregon
Eugene, OR 97403-1212 USA

Phone: +1-541-346-3547
Fax: +1-541-346-4397
nsrc@nsrc.org

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Recent Work

The NSRC, along with the Internet Education and Research Laboratory (intERLab) at the Asian Institute of Technology (AIT) in Bangkok, Thailand organized a 5-day workshop from March 11-15, 2008 that dealt with the topics of Network Monitoring and Managment. Assistance was received from the National Science Foundation and the University of Oregon, O'Reilly Media, Inc., Cisco Systems, Inc. and the Internet Society. AIT students from countries such as Nepal, India, Indonesia and Guam as well members of the Thailand ISP community took part in the workshop.

Students enjoy some of the books donated by O'Reilly Media, Inc. during the Network Monitoring and Management Workshop held in Bangkok, Thailand from March 11-15, 2008.

Network Management Workshop: Taipei, Taiwan

The NSRC organized and taught a Network Management Workshop at the APRICOT 2008 meeting which was held in the Howard Plaza Hotel in Taipei, Taiwan. The workshop was supported by the NSRC, Cisco Systems, TWNIC, APIA, the National Science Foundation and other APRICOT 2008 sponsors. The workshop took place from Feb. 20-24 with students from Australia, China, Guam, Japan, New Zealand, Malaysia, Singapore, Taiwan and Thailand in attendance.

Group Photo, Network Management Workshop at APRICOT 2008 in Taipei, Taiwan

Group photo of the Network Management Workshop held at APRICOT 2008 held in Taipei, Taiwan from Feb. 20-24, 2008.