The entire University campus is networked through optical fibre and powerful layer 3 and layer 2 Ethernet and ATM switches and Cisco 2620 router housed at the Apaji Institute. The network is secured through a hardware firewall. Presently Banasthali University has a 2 MB leased line Internet connectivity from BSNL, Jaipur, 4 MB from VSNL, 4 MB from Reliance Info and another 2 MB SCPC VSAT Ernet connectivity through UGC Infonet programme. The institute maintains its own mail server banasthali.ac.in and Lotus Domino based Internal Messaging System, which has also been installed at Jaipur Campus connected to Banasthali Domino server through web. The University is the first in Rajasthan and perhaps the second in India to provide 24 hours Network and Internet access to all its PG students in their hostel rooms. This facility is now provided in 8 hostels. For this, the OFC is extended to the respective hostels. In addition the institute runs a lab of 70 Internet ready nodes to provide internet access to all students, researchers and faculty of Banasthali University.
A PC is provided with Internet in every hostel room for PG students currently residing in Shri Shanta Niveshanam, Shri Shanta Aziram, Shri Shanta Vasam, Shri Shanta Ayanam, Shri Shanta Pattnam, Shri Shanta Bhuvnam, Shri Shanta Nagram and Shri Shanta Gram having CAT5 and CAT6 cabling within the hostel building. The PC in a room is to be shared by all inmates. All those who wish to participate in the scheme and have a PC with Internet in their hostel room are paying a security deposit of Rs.10,000/- through DD/cheque drawn in favour of "Banasthali University - A/c AIM&ACT". It helps the institute part-finance the project as the institute invested heavily in extending the network, whereas the PCs, UPS etc. procured through these deposits. This (interest-free) deposit is refunded along with the other security deposit at the time of withdrawal.
A PC is provided with Internet in every hostel room for PG students currently residing in Shri Shanta Niveshanam, Shri Shanta Aziram, Shri Shanta Vasam, Shri Shanta Ayanam, Shri Shanta Pattnam, Shri Shanta Bhuvnam, Shri Shanta Nagram and Shri Shanta Gram having CAT5 and CAT6 cabling within the hostel building. The PC in a room is to be shared by all inmates. All those who wish to participate in the scheme and have a PC with Internet in their hostel room are paying a security deposit of Rs.10,000/- through DD/cheque drawn in favour of "Banasthali University - A/c AIM&ACT". It helps the institute part-finance the project as the institute invested heavily in extending the network, whereas the PCs, UPS etc. procured through these deposits. This (interest-free) deposit is refunded along with the other security deposit at the time of withdrawal.
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