grieve@cos.com (David Grieve) (05/31/90)
In article <08lF02VMabsK01@amdahl.uts.amdahl.com> mahesh@uts.amdahl.com (Mahesh Veerina) writes: >Can someone direct me as to where I can get the information about >OSINET, specifically: > > o What is OSINET and what is it used for? > > o How can we become a member of OSINET? > > o What is the setup needed to connect to OSINET? > >I remember reading in Marshall Rose's "Open Book", that we need an >AT&T ACCUNET connection. > >Any pointers will be greatly appreciated. > >-- >mahesh mahesh@uts.amdahl.com > {ames,sun,decwrl,apple}!amdahl!mahesh OSINET's objectives are to provide a cooperative environment for interoperability testing among OSINET participants in order to foster the development of OSI protocols. Participants in OSINET test over a wide area (X.25) network. The PDN of choice in OSINET is ACCUNET (but that doesn't mean you can't use another - only if you do, your choice of testing partner may be more limited). OSINET is hosted by NIST and the meetings are held the same week of the workshops. Usually the technical meeting is on tuesday, the steering committee on wednesday. OSINET participants must participate in either the steering committee, an OSINET technical subcommittee, or some type of OSINET directed research effort. You must also have an end system connected to the PDN that supports an OSINET project (right now, FTAM and/or MHS). Upon joining OSINET, you are assigned an organization id for your NSAP. (The NSAP format is: AFI=47, IDI=0004, 2 octets of Org-Id, 2 octets of subnet Id, 6 octets of station id, 1 octet N-Selector.) For info, contact OSINET Chair NIST Building 225, Room B217 Gaithersburg, MD 20899. By the way, we here at COS have a interoperability laboratory where vendors can bring there equipment for testing. We run the lab 3 times a year. The laboratory environment has advantages over the WAN environment in that you are "elbow-to-elbow" with your testing partner and can solve problems in real time, rather than having to play phone tag. The lab has 802.4, 802.3 and X.25 connectivity (the X.25 is routed locally, but the switch is connected to ACCUNET). COS is also an OSINET member. We test FTAM and MHS using the OSIone/OSINET tests, but will entertain any other protocols you may wish to test. For more info on the COS I-Lab, contact Nancy Pierce (nkp@cos.com) Manager, Testing Services Corporation for Open Systems, Intl. Suite 400 1750 Old Meadow Road McLean, VA 22102-4306 -- grieve@cos.com OR {uunet, decuac, sun!sundc, hadron, hqda-ai}!cos!grieve DISCLAIMER: Opinions expressed are not necessarily those of the Corporation for Open Systems, its members, or any standards body. Typos are intellectual property of the author.
Stef@NRTC.NORTHROP.COM (Einar Stefferud) (06/02/90)
Just for your information, here is a useful address for OSInet.
"Carol Edgar - OSINet Chair" <edgar@osi.ncsl.nist.gov>