Hi Derek! I guess this has something to do with the behaviour I described in my previous post. Basically it is caused by the malfunctioning port list, keeping track of allocated ports during startup of the bridge server.
Michael ----- Original Message ----- From: "Derek Piper" <dcpi...@indiana.edu> To: <ag-t...@mcs.anl.gov> Sent: Monday, November 15, 2004 3:15 PM Subject: Re: [AG-TECH] BridgeServer trouble > > Hi, > > Since you have working Bridge Server configs, I do want to ask this; Is is > possible to run the bridge on the same machine that is hosting the venue > server? > With this config: > > [https://iri-av.informatics.indiana.edu:8000/VenueServer] > type = VenueServer > portMin=50096 > portMax=50099 > > > I get this, and the ports are not in use before I started: > > max_unicast_mem is 32 > myhostname=iri-av > myhostipaddress=156.56.94.158 > > using multicast > ucport[data]=59784 ucport[rtcp]=59785 > mcport[data]=51442 mcport[rtcp]=51443 > making multicast port[0] > can't bind mcaddr to socket!: Address already in use > max_unicast_mem is 32 > myhostname=iri-av > myhostipaddress=156.56.94.158 > > using multicast > ucport[data]=53854 ucport[rtcp]=53855 > mcport[data]=58994 mcport[rtcp]=58995 > making multicast port[0] > can't bind mcaddr to socket!: Address already in use > Shutting down... > SignalHandler exiting. > > I can bridge other venues on this machine, and can bridge the venueserver > above using another machine. What I'd like is to do it all on one machine. > Any hints would be appreciated. > > Thanks, > > Derek > > Christoph Willing wrote: >> >> On 15/11/2004, at 7:36 PM, Michael Braitmaier wrote: >> >>> HEllo chris! >>> >>> I am using a quite small port range with our bridgeserver here at our >>> institute, only allowing a port range of 4 ports, which is exactly what >>> is needed to bridge one room. For example: >>> >>> #HLRS AG Room on ANL Server >>> [https://hume.mcs.anl.gov:9000/Venues/ >>> 000000f5569d3f0a008c00dd000b003761b] >>> type=Venue >>> portMin=50096 >>> portMax=50099 >>> >>> Two ports are allocated for audio (in/out) and two ports are allocated >>> for video (in/out). >>> >>> Works quite stable. >> >> >> Michael, >> >> Since you had success, I just tried mine again and it worked fine. >> >> I did do one thing differently and this seems to be significant. My >> original port number range was portMin=24000, portMax 24004 ( they were >> just commented out in the bridge.conf file). I changed them to 24000 & >> 24003 and it worked perfectly. When I changed back to the original 24000 >> & 24004, I had errors again,namely: >> can't bind ucaddr to socket!: Address already in use >> >> When I changed back to 24000 & 24003 and problem disappeared. So its >> working now, but I think something is still not quite perfect in the >> port allocation. >> >> So West, thats something else you could try: I see that your port range >> was 24000-24006. What happens if you try portMin=24000 and >> portMax=24003? >> >> chris >> >> >> Christoph Willing Ph: +61 7 3365 8350 >> QPSF Access Grid Manager >> University of Queensland >> >> >> > > -- > Derek Piper - dcpi...@indiana.edu - (812) 856 0111 > IRI 323, School of Informatics > Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana >
