All things related to multicast

["Marshall Eubanks" <>]

Short term response

- tell them to join this list and post their problems here

Long term reponse

- tell them to take (or oeven offer to host) one of our esteemed "Multicast 
Workshops"

Next two are Vancouver, BC, and Columbus, OH.
http://multicast.internet2.edu/workshops/vancouver/vancouver-mcast-announce
http://jointtechs.ornl.gov/index.html

I am sure that with these resources they can get the help they need.

Marshall

On Sat, 22 May 2004 09:50:19 -0400
 "Richard Mavrogeanes" 
<>
 wrote:
> In the "Why don't we use multicast more often" department, we have just 
> concluded a 5 day
> interactive video broadcast from the bottom of the Atlantic ocean (the 
> mission continues at
> www.explorethesea.com, but the interactive portion is over).  I received at 
> least 25 messages
> from folks trying to tune in to the multicast but could not. Quite a few of 
> these were along the
> lines shown in the message below, where they have I2 connectivity but 
> cannot receive multicast
> due to "cautious network engineers".  I suspect we make progress in having 
> uses complain that
> they cannot participate, thus putting pressure on the staff to allow 
> multicast thru, but I still
> see lack of availability at the user level to be a major problem.  
> Personally, I find it amazing
> that institutions pay the very expensive I2 connectivity fees but, what, 
> use the connetion for
> high speed email?  In the next few weeks, the interest in multicast is 
> likely to increase as we
> broadcast much of Dr. Ballard's return to the Titanic, live, via multicast.
> 
> I think it would be great if someone in this group could create/sponsor a 
> multicast
> IMPLEMENTATION FAQ targeted at members IT staff. We don't need a "what is 
> multicast" but a "how
> to" FAQ. I further think this group might form and post a volunteer list of 
> email and phone
> numbers that member's  local IT staff could turn to for help in setting up 
> their networks (I
> cannot volunteer mostly because I do not have I2 access).
> 
> It would have been useful if I could tell this below user to tell their IT 
> staff to contact a
> designated member for help...
> 
> >Cautious network engineers 
> 
> >>> "Richard Mavrogeanes" 
> >>> <>
> >>>  5/21/2004 5:21:02 PM >>> 
> >No, all video is sent via multicast. It's hard to think of a reason why 
> >you would not have it enabled unless you have very old equipment. 
> 
> >        -----Original Message----- 
> >        From: J 
> >        Sent: Fri 5/21/2004 6:15 PM 
> >        To: Richard Mavrogeanes 
> >        Cc: D 
> >        Subject: RE: Explore the Sea Internet2 Video 
> >        
> >        
> 
> >        We're connected to Internet2 but do not have multicast enabled. 
> >Will the Vbrick work? What firewall protocols, ports do you need? 
> 
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