Providing High-Performance International Connections
The Manhattan Landing Exchange Point (MAN LAN) is a collaborative effort of Indiana University, Internet2, the Internet Educational Equal Access Foundation, and NYSERNet that facilitates peering between U.S. and international research and education networks by providing a reliable, high-performance network exchange point in New York City.
During 2004, MAN LAN provided extended capabilities to support peering for IPv4, IPv6, and optical network connections—each individual connection ranging in capacity from a gigabit per second to 10 gigabits per second. Platforms from Internet2 Corporate Partners Cisco Systems and Nortel enable MAN LAN to provide dedicated optical connections for participants' experimental and production uses. As an optical facility, MAN LAN enables the Internet2 community to actively participate in the Global Lambda Integrated Facility (GLIF) effort, and supports the Internet2 Hybrid Optical and Packet Infrastructure (HOPI) initiative.
By the end of 2004, MAN LAN interconnected nine international and U.S. research and education networks, including the Internet2 Abilene network, New York State's high-performance statewide academic and research network, NYSERNet, and the U.S. Department of Energy's nationwide high performance network, ESnet.