About KanREN

The Kansas Research and Education Network (KanREN) provides cutting-edge network based services for advanced education and research environments, including:

Multi-Level Quality of Service (QoS)
Multiprotocol Label Switching (MPLS)
Multicast
Internet Protocol version 6 (IPv6)
Industry-standard Layer 3 BGP Peering
Q-in-Q VLAN Transport
Virtual Leased Lines (VLLs)
Virtual Private LAN Services (VPLS)
Layer 3 BGP-enabled Virtual Private Networks (L3 VPNs)
Commodity services include Internet access and hosting services
Direct network connectivity to important networks:

Internet2 - National R&E backbone
Great Plains Network (GPN) - Regional R&E GigaPOP
Kan-ed - Education network focused on distance learning
KANWIN - State of Kansas agency network

KanREN membership is not limited only to educational institutions. Other community anchor institutions are also eligible, and can participate in the same advanced network as all KanREN members. KanREN network solutions are delivered via Kansas' most efficient education network architecture; backed by unmatched technical expertise and support.

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Quick Statistics

4,200Mbps average daily maximum off-net traffic
2,500Mbps average daily maximum Inernet2 traffic
150Mbps average daily maximum Kan-ed traffic
37 member institutions in the consortium
442 institutions connected to KanREN
585 total sites using the KanREN network

Recent News

Do you ever need to easily summarize what KanREN is all about? Download KanREN's latest information sheet: KanREN Flyer

KanREN's newly upgraded 10Gbps backbone ring is now online! This upgrade project has increased KanREN's backbone capacity by 500%!

KanREN will connect to the upcoming US UCAN national community anchor network as soon as it is available. KanREN is also offering connectivity to this new network to our state network partners KanWIN and Kan-ed via our existing peering points.

Featured Member Testimonial

The new KanREN backbone has enabled KUMC to more efficiently obtain high speed connectivity to our sites throughout Kansas. No longer do we need to purchase expensive T1's back to Kansas City...

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