Network infrastructure

SURFnet’s hybrid network is one of the fastest and most innovative networks in the world. It offers both Internet via IP and fixed and dynamic lightpaths.

The network is used daily by students, instructors, researchers, and network administrators at more than 160 institutions affiliated with SURFnet.

Current services

You can make optimum use of the SURFnet network via a number of services:

• eduroam
• SURFdomeinen
• SURFinternet 
• SURFinternetpinnen
• SURFlichtpaden   

Innovation projects
The GigaPort3 innovation programme is intended to take the existing network infrastructure to a higher level, make possible the next generation of networks, and provide support for dynamic services by means of a hybrid network that is both flexible and scalable.

We are therefore engaged in the following innovation projects:

• Enabling Dynamic Services (EDS) 
• Next Generation Ethernet (NGE) 
• Mobility/Fixed Wireless 
• Photonics 
• NetherLight and Global Connectivity 
• IP innovation 
• Campus Infrastructure
• Cloud infrastructure
• Datamanagement 

Next to these GigaPort3-projects, SURFnet is doing research in order to find the best way to implement DNSSEC.