What is KanREN?

The Kansas Research and Education Network (KanREN) is a non-profit consortium of colleges, universities, school districts and other organizations in Kansas, organized for the purpose of facilitating communication among them, and providing themselves with connectivity to the Internet via a statewide TCP/IP network.

KanREN can help member organizations with nearly any network or system/service related question. If you don't see your specific problem listed, ASK!

Planned Maintenance

• KanREN Backbone - 02/29/08
• Cox - 11/26, 11/27, 11/28
• Cox (Cowley) - 11/12
• Cox (Cowley) - 11/15

Updated: 07:28PM 03/27/08

Latest News

• KanREN, Inc. Announces Appointment of Executive Director
• Annual Meeting - 04/14/08
• Special Member Meeting — December 19th, 2007
• First NetIron Deployed in Manhattan

Updated: 05:13PM 07/03/08

Network Maps

Ever wonder what the KanREN network "looks" like? Check out the network maps and wonder no longer!

Traffic Graphs

Get a current status snapshot of the KanREN network!

Please note that traffic graphs display a 5 minute average and do not depict an exact utilization per second.