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Abuse and Moderation

This is a community; you'll find all kinds of people here. We need to make sure the bad apples don't spoil the whole barrel. So...

How does it work?

Let's get that SPARCstation sparking, and re-open the eyes on that IRIS.

IRIXNet Membership

Full disclosure, Nekotopia is a sponsor and member of the IRIXNet community. IRIXNet members may apply for accounts at Nekotop...

Is it safe?

Obviously, you want to feel safe on the public Internet, so you have a router or firewall to protect your equipment, your homel...

Joining the community

Nekotopia is a private network for people who want to share servers, services, and old machines without exposing them to the op...

Media and Gallery

As technical nerds, geeks, homelabers and enthusiasts, we love to share our gear and our stories.

Monitoring, Log Collection and Retention

Our platform is monitored for infrastructure availability purposes only. On-the-wire data is *NOT* collected, stored, read or d...

Network Overview

High-level overview of the Nekotopia Torus network architecture and user experience.

Novell NetWare

A lot of people spent a lot of time managing NetWare. 3.x, 4.x, even 5.x. The CNE was the gold standard way before the CCIE and...

Platform Enhancements

Additions to the platform. Products, new services, collaborations with users, etc.

Regional Service, Global Community

The nekotopia torus network is a globally accessible platform. In 2026, we improved access by deploying regional hubs to bring ...

Security

Security features and best practices for accessing your services on the Torus network.

Service Level Objectives

nekotopia provides the following information related to our service.

System Protection

The Torus lives inside an AWS VPC. We use TGWs for inter-regional routing. We have taken additional measures to support interne...

Virtual Colocation

Information about hosting your retro services using a Torus account.

What is nekotopia.io?

neko (猫) is Japanese for cat. However, the reason for the nekotopia name is not from a life-defining moment. In fact, nekotopia...

Who is this for?

Retro enthusiasts dusting off old hardware - that 90s web server, the BBS you ran in college, the Doom WAD archive you and your...

Wide Area 'LANs'

We can all agree that a LAN is a locally connected network. Today, we probably access a network using a home wireless router. I...