PARNet

PARNet is the Perth Academic Regional Network, Western Australia.
It is the physical network of the West Australian Regional Network Organisation (WARNO) of The Australian Academic Research Network (AARNet)

It consists of five organisations:

  • The University of Western Australia
  • Curtin University of Technology
  • Edith Cowan University
  • Murdoch University
  • The CSIRO

    PARNet physically consists of an E3 ATM Microwave Radio Network linking the above institutions from a central location situated in the BankWest Tower in the business district of Perth.

    The link to other institutions within AARNet , domestic australian networks and the internet is through the private AARNet network, an OC3 link provided by Optus Traffic Accounting on this link is accomplished by using Cisco NetFlow enabled on the OC3 interface. The data created by NetFlow is collected by a process running on meter.parnet.edu.au. ( a 550 MHz Pentium ) This data is then immediately processed to produce statistics on throughput and also to produce individual ip accounting figures for each institution. The summary data procude by this is shown on the web pages. For further information see the Netflow Accounting Project

    Schematic of PARNet

    Schematic of AARNet