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1 KENET Network Operations & Services
Kennedy Aseda Lead Network Engineer, Operations – KENET Transforming education through ICT

2 Agenda The KENET Agenda KENET Network Update
KENET Shared Services Update Conclusion Transforming education through ICT

3 What is Our Agenda The KENET Agenda
International, national and campus network infrastructures What services running on the network? What research infrastructures are available on the local & global network? Can our researchers collaborate nationally and globally? Can our students and researchers have access to broadband connectivity wherever they are? Do the engineers/techies at the institutions have adequate skills to support the broadband network? Transforming education through ICT

4 Network Infrastructure
Total Undersea Capacity of 4.95Gbps Total Distribution Capacity – 30 Gb/s Last Mile Campus Connectivity Approx. 170 campuses connected 44 campuses ( corresponding to 24% of all connected campuses) on over 1Gb/s KENET owned fiber connection 108 campuses (representing 76% of all connected campuses) connected via commercial leased line 70% connectivity on last mile fiber, March 2014 Availability – target 99% and above Last mile back Policy Clean backup power Primary/Backup for InterPOP Links All InterPOP links are backed up. strategic plan envisaged 100% backup for InterPOP links by end of FY 2013/2014. 45% of all connected campuses backed up by March 2014 Google and Akamai Traffic 3.5Gbps Google Traffic 0.5Gbps Akamai Traffic KENET is one of the largest IP broadband networks in Kenya and one of leading African NRENs Transforming education through ICT

5 KENET Network Peering Transforming education through ICT

6 Commercial Lease Line Coverage
KDN fiber-underground (Primary) Jamii fiber -overhead(Backup) . KENET POP Ethiopia Lokichoggio Mandera Lodwar Moyale Marsabit Project 912 Marsabit Kitale Wajiir Somalia Uganda Meru POP __ Weybuye Eldoret POP 70 Eldoret Nakuru POP Nyahururu Nanyuki Isielo Kakamega Meru 129 350KM Nakuru Nyeri 318 Embu Kisumu POP Kisumu 400KM Muranga Garissa 150KM 350KM Thika Mwingi Kisii Kericho USIU DC Bomet Tala Kitui Rongo Nairobi 400KM UoN POP Isebania Narok Kaljiado 159 500KM Garsen 500KM Italian Space Agency -Luigi Broglio Space Centre- Malindi Namanga Malindi Tanzania INDIAN OCEAN Mombasa POP Kilifi Mombasa Transforming education through ICT

7 Terrestrial Fiber Transforming education through ICT . Ethiopia
NOFBI Segment purchased by KENET . Ethiopia Lokichoggio Mandera KENET POP Lodwar Moyale Marsabit Kitale Wajiir Kabarak town Somalia Uganda Eldoret POP __ Weybuye 70 Eldoret Kabarak main Nyahururu MUCST Nanyuki Isiolo MMUST Moi Kakamega Nakuru POP Laikipia Nyeri Meru Meru POP Nakuru Kisumu POP Embu Kisumu Egerton Njoro KUCT Muranga Garissa Kisii Kericho Thika USIU DC JKUAT Mwingi Kisii Bomet Daystar Kitui Isebania UoN DC Machakos Narok Kaljiado Garsen Namanga Malindi Pwani INDIAN OCEAN Kilifi Mombasa POP Mombasa Tanzania Transforming education through ICT

8 Africa R&E Connectivity
Transforming education through ICT

9 KENET Traffic Google cache static traffic over 2 Gb/s (YouTube)
Has a capacity of up to 4 Gb/s Google dynamic traffic (searches and ) 1.5 Gb/s, 50%utilization Peering with local Google PoP KIXP traffic remains at about 150 Mb/s but capacity 1 Gb/s on Nairobi fiber ring National Distribution capacity (KENET links + leased lines) 1 Gb/s port for 30+ universities on last mile fiber 7 universities on 10 Gb/s Nairobi fiber ring Inter-PoPs 150 Mb/s , increase to 1 Gb/s International download traffic about approx. 2.5 Gb/s but capacity 4.35 Gb/s Private Peering with Wananchi provides access to Akamai cache (500 Mb/s) Private Peering with Google at 1.5Gbps, AfricaConnect at 150Mbps (Link capacity 1Gbps) KENET is one of the largest IP broadband networks in Kenya! Transforming education through ICT

10 Link Capacities - External
Transforming education through ICT

11 KENET Traffic – By Country
Transforming education through ICT

12 Shared Services Domain Services Domain Registration & Hosting
Web & Research Services Research Infrastructures & certification Authority Web Hosting Network/Internet Use Monitoring Data Center Services Server Installations and maintenance Server Co-Location Storage/Backups (Data Hosted on our Servers) Video Conferencing Hosted Services – E-Learning, University Management Systems Transforming education through ICT

13 Shared Services Consultancy Services Inter-Campus VPN Set-ups
VPN Remote Access LAN Design LAN audit and documentation ICT Project Management Wireless Network Design – Campus Hotspots Training and Capacity Building Bandwidth Management and Optimization Campus Network Design Instructional Design Training Cyber Security Transforming education through ICT

14 Shared Services Eduroam & Campus WLAN 20 campuses on Eduroam
Provides secure wi-fi roaming service globally Broadband Last Mile 34 campuses integrated to 1Gbps network Training, Capacity Building & Workshops 4 Technical Trainings conducted since July 2013 3 Workshops successfully since July 2013 Physical training lab set up in Nairobi – April 2014 Virtual portable lab environment – based on Mac Mini Transforming education through ICT

15 Conclusion KENET Connectivity Redundancy/diversity
Reliable connectivity High speed broadband connectivity Low congestion connection Direct Peering with research networks Shared Services Wireless Roaming Service worldwide with research networks Research Infrastructures Web Conferencing & CERT Services Virtual Servers with High Speed Connectivity Internet Measurements Lab Platform Transforming education through ICT

16 Questions Transforming education through ICT

17 Thank You www.kenet.or.ke Jomo Kenyatta Memorial
Library, University of Nairobi P. O Box , Nairobi. /

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