Lithuania realised the importance of networking in the process of conversion to a new market economy. Computer networking is fast becoming an essential part of academic, government and business practice. As the technology becomes established, it brings with it an urgent requirement to build up local technical support and design expertise that will fuel a professional workforce capable of supporting the rapid deployment of local and wide area network facilities. This paper considers the development of academic networking within Lithuania, and in particular, focuses on an educational initiative carried out by Kaunas University of Technology under EC TEMPUS funding.