BaBar UK, Network Monitoring at RAL

The principle IP connections to the rest of the world are provided by Dante. The UK particle physics community monitors these international connections. More information and statistics can be found on the PPNCG page

Contact People

BaBar contact person
Neil Geddes           phone    ++44 1235 445 396  
                      fax      ++44 1235 446 733
                      email    N.I.Geddes@rl.ac.uk
RAL Networking contact
User Support          phone    ++44 1235 446 111  
                      fax      ++44 1235 446 626  (mark FOR ATTN OF USER SUPPORT)
                      email    US@rl.ac.uk
UK Particle Physics Networking
PPNCG                 email    hepgripe@rl.ac.uk
(Particle Physics Network
 Coordination Group)

Suitable Test Nodes

The following nodes are commonly used by members of BaBar and are suitable for testing the network response using "ping" or anonymous ftp.

   Node              IP address       Description        anonymous ftp 

hephp1.rl.ac.uk     130.246.44.4     RAL HEP               yes
osfserv.rl.ac.uk    130.246.104.2    RAL central system    no