To facilitate teaching, learning, research and administrative activities on campus, ITSC provides a versatile internet infrastructure with fast and reliable connectivity to the internet world, including major research and education networks. At present, HKUST has two pathways to the internet: a private 500 Mbps internet connection solely for HKUST; and a 17.45 Gbps internet connection shared by the eight University Grants Committee-supported tertiary institutions via the Hong Kong Academic & Research Network (HARNET), a regional network linking up all local tertiary institutions using a 10 Gbps Metro Ethernet Network.
The current bandwidth for HARNET connections to local tertiary institutions and the internet are summarized below:
- 2 x 10 Gbps connections to each institution over Metro Ethernet Network
- 17.45 Gbps shared international internet bandwidth
- 20 Gbps local internet connection to HKIX (Hong Kong Internet Exchange)
- 20 Gbps local internet connection to HARNET R&E Network
HARNET Research & Education Node (HARNET R&E Node) is served as a Research and Education Network Hub for linking National Research and Education Networks (NRENs) and Commercial Partners including:
(i) NREN
- Asi@Connect
- CERNET
- CSTNET
- HKIX-R&E
- KREONET
- SingaREN
(ii) Commercial Partners
- APPLE
- AWS
- Microsoft
The network topology of HARNET is illustrated in diagrams below:
