Derek: See this ag-tech mail from Namgon, who wrote the umtp server:
http://www.mcs.anl.gov/web-mail-archive/lists/ag-tech/2005/09/msg00133.html We do need to shake bugs out, so any feedback you can provide from your trials would be helpful. Tom On 10/31/05 7:30 AM, Derek Piper wrote: > > Hi, > > How would I go about running the server on its own? The binary that > comes with the AGConnector package complains about being run incorrectly > but doesn't give any useful information. I'm having trouble finding a > UMTP server that I can run on a central machine. I'm modifying the > AGConnector python script to have this machine as the default, so people > should be able to run it without configuring a new server. > > Derek > > Thomas D. Uram wrote: > >> Hi Derek: >> >> Comments inline... >> >> On 10/27/05 8:55 AM, Derek Piper wrote: >> >>> >>> Hi Tom, >>> >>> I tried playing with AGConnector, does it have to go to just your >>> server there? Is it possible to run a server on a local machine and >>> have other clients connect to it? Like the local bridge, but simpler? >> >> >> >> The default server is the one here at ANL (umtp.mcs.anl.gov). >> AGConnector >> does allow you to specify which server to use, so yes: if you have a >> UMTP server running, you can specify it in AGConnector and it will be >> used instead. In fact, in the future I'd like to see umtp servers >> proliferate >> and be discoverable. >> >> I also >> >>> have a question about how it works too, in trying to test it on two >>> machines that are on a LAN (and so have full visibility of each other >>> wrt multicast) I didn't notice any difference - should I? .. >> >> >> >> UMTP is a solution for people who have no multicast, and it actually >> shuts down if it receives a packet from itself over multicast (see >> the ietf UMTP draft). >> >> I'm trying >> >>> to test it so I know what I'm doing with it to help a remote site >>> with their AG connection. Actually, I'm wanting it for helping >>> someone at Argonne / University of Chicago combat the draconian >>> firewalling :) >>> >>> Derek >>> >>> Thomas D. Uram wrote: >>> >>>> I'd recommend that you look at the AGConnector shared app. It does >>>> everything over >>>> a single, fixed port (8010) to a server here at ANL >>>> (umtp.mcs.anl.gov). No port range >>>> needed, and coverage for every venue, not just those that people >>>> chose to bridge. >>>> >>>> Tom >>>> >>>> >>>> On 10/26/05 12:36 PM, Julia Mullen wrote: >>>> >>>>> Hi - >>>>> >>>>> I'm trying to get the okay to open ports so that I can attend the Town >>>>> Halls, and any >>>>> other events on the ANL venue server, so I need some information re: >>>>> the bridge server IP and ports. Is there a document, or easy way to >>>>> get the list of bridged ANL venues, and the >>>>> bridge IP address, as well as the range of ports for the bridge. . . >>>>> >>>>> yup, a continuation of the Security Office's questions. >>>>> >>>>> Thanks - >>>>> >>>>> Julie >>>>> >>>>> >>>> >>>> >>> >> >> >
