All things related to multicast

[Frank Fulchiero <>]

Gurcharan,

Sorry regarding my ignorance on anything more than the basic concept  
of Access Grid.
I have perused their web site, but had two simple questions I could  
not find answered:

1. Is it possible to set up a simple client to just "peek in" and not  
participate? If so, is there a quick-start install guide?
I looked below, but did not find anything appropriate
http://www.accessgrid.org/documentation
	i.e. don't mind some command line work, but are there any GUI admin  
tools?

2. How much bandwidth is typically required to use it, for example in  
your case? Is there a minimum bandwidth requirement?

Please point me to any FAQs, sorry to bother you at a busy time.
If anyone else has some answers, that's fine.

Thanks
Frank Fulchiero
Digital Media Specialist
Connecticut College


On Apr 1, 2009, at 10:28 PM, Gurcharan S. Khanna wrote:

> Hi,
>
> I will be showing off the RIT ICELab tomorrow evening for Vinton  
> Cerf (who will be
> speaking on Friday) and will be demo'ing the work-in-progress RIT  
> Global Collaboration
> Grid which now consists of Access Grid and DVTS technologies.
>
> If you would like to drop-in and be present, that would help  
> demonstrate the global aspect
> of this concept. For Access Gridders, audio will be live, should  
> there be time to talk. But
> mainly I would like to show the quality and quantity of live video,  
> the main qualities for
> me for the RIT Global Collaboration Grid concept. We have AG nodes  
> in Kosovo and
> Croatia, but they will be 'dark' at that time.
>
> I especially encourage you if you can send DV streams inside of  
> Access Grid as the
> ExtendedVideoProducerService in Windows or the 'enhanced' vic in  
> Linux that supports
> DV streams. Of course, anyone is welcome to show up in whatever  
> codec you can.
>
> The AG Venue will be the Rochester Institute of Technology Venue in  
> the ANL Server.
> The URL is: 
> https://vv3.mcs.anl.gov:8000/Venues/8cdd226521d429b68e7e8c0158a6a663
>
> Again, being a demo as part of a larger tour, the time scheduled  
> could slip either way
> and there may or may not be time to have two-way conversation but we  
> will play it by ear.
>
> Thanks,
>
> -gurcharan
>
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>
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>
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