Welcome to ACOnet
ACOnet is the Austrian Academic Computer Network for science, research, education and culture (NREN). ACOnet offers its members access to other academic networks through GÉANT2 as well as the Internet.
News
December 17, 2008
AT:net Information-Day
On Dezember 17, 2008 ACOnet presents itself at AT:net Infomation-Day of BMVIT and FFG in Vienna.
October 10, 2008
TERENA Networking Conference 2009
ACOnet supports the active Austrian attendance at the "TERENA Networking Conference 2009" with the theme "Virtuality into Reality".
Topology
ACOnet switches with routing capabilities in Vienna, Graz, Linz, Salzburg, Innsbruck, Klagenfurt, Leoben and Eisenstadt are connected with Gigabit Ethernet over DWDM-technology. With this infrastructure and the appropriate network protocols all ACOnet members have powerful connectivity to the global Internet and to different network services in Austria. The PoPs in Linz, Salzburg, Innsbruck, Klagenfurt and Graz are connected to Vienna in a redundant manner via DWDM rings. [more]
eduroam
eduroam stands for "Education Roaming" and allows users of participating institutions to access the Internet at other participants using their home institution's credentials. All this with a minimal adminstrative overhead. Depending on local policies at the visited institutions, eduroam participants may also have additional resources at their disposal. [more]