ABSTRACT

A short overview of wide area networking in Slovakia is mentioned firstly. Currently there are three WAN networks with "public" services in Slovakia. You can reach Internet from two of the networks and one is a purely commercial public data network. The most stable one is the Slovak which is the Network (SANET). Academic association of data network users. It arose after the split of Czechoslovakia into the Czech and Slovak Republics on Jan 1. 1993. Over the time of existence, the SANET organizational structure was built, which is also described with the network topological structure. covering the country of Slovakia, line speeds both on the backbone and outside the backbone, and international links. In this paper is also a description of the association's management teams and their tasks. Together with includes the topological information, the paper descriptions of all our nodes. in which institutions they are situated, and which other organizations are connected in this region. The paper's next part describes networking technology used. First of all the links are described and the method of their attachment, routers used, and node computers. Description of the SANET services for its users is also presented together with methods of user attachment. In this is also a description of all services provided through the Internet connectivity. In the next part are mentioned traffic statistics. which come from SANET's NOC, which is situated at the Institute of Communication (UAKOM) at the University of Matej Bel in Banska Bystrica. Our plans and future horizonts are mentioned at the end of the paper, together with ways to solve some of our problems.