Current status of JUNET

Abstract JUNET has been developed in order to provide a testing environment for studies of computer networking ad distributed processing by connecting a large number of computers and by providing actual services for the users. Mechanisms to manage resource naming, Japanese character handling, and fast dial-up link using IP protocol have been developed for the network. In this paper, the current status of JUNET is reported focusing on the above topics. Brief description of native language supports on the network software is also given.