NORDUnet is a Nordic backbone network

NORDUnet A/S operates a Nordic IP backbone network that interconnects research and education networks in the Nordic countries to the rest of the world.

Dual stack IP network, IPv4 & IPv6

NORDUnet currently operates a dual stack IPv4 and IPv6 production network. IPv6 development activities take place in a dedicated network running on top of NorthernLight infrastructure.

IPv6 addresses
IPv6 protocol requires new addresses for network interfaces. Nordic national research and education networks have registered their own IPv6 address blocks followingly:
FUNET has official IPv6 addresses, block name is 2001:0708::/32
UNINETT has official IPv6 addresses, block name is 2001:0700::/32
SUNET/NORDUnet has official IPv6 addresses, block name is 2001:06B0::/32
Forskningsnettet has official IPv6 addresses, block name is 2001:0878::/32

DiffServ Support

The NORDUnet backbone supports the use of DiffServ and will not touch codepoints used by DiffServ. However, no active measures are taken to support DiffServ-based QoS implementations such as Premium IP. The NORDUnet backbone does not grant traffic priority, but it does allow the transport of for example Premium IP traffic between peering partners.

NORDUnet Network statistics

NORDUnet network statistics provides in-depth visualized data about the NORDUnet network.

The statistics system can return reports and visualization of the data in various forms:

The software used to implement this system is currently in alpha test, and is available here. The first sketchy version of installation and implementation documentation is also available, so that you can look before you leap.

Looking glass

NORDUnet looking glass allows you to ping and traceroute from NORDUnet routers.

NORDUnet policy documents

The use of the NORDUnet backbone network is governed by the following policies.