Date: Mon, 08 Dec 1997 23:46:34 -0800 From: "Jordan K. Hubbard" <jkh@time.cdrom.com> To: Mark Mayo <mark@vmunix.com> Cc: John-Mark Gurney <gurney_j@resnet.uoregon.edu>, chat@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: [hackers:] Architectural advice needed Message-ID: <14288.881653594@time.cdrom.com> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Mon, 08 Dec 1997 23:37:49 EST." <19971208233749.58568@vmunix.com>
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> Am I getting this right? > > 1. vat - audio conferencing > 2. vic - video conferencing > 3. wb - the shared whiteboard thing (cool!) > 4. sdr - a session thing, I'm assuming like a "directory" of user on > the mbone > 5. imm - send images and stuff mbone style Pretty close except for 4, which is more like a directory of *sessions* on the mbone, sort of the IRC equivalent of channels except that each session can have more than one kind of data being simulcast - some might be just audio, others audio/video or a/v/w, etc. > Stupid mbone question: Can anyone with a TCP/IP (i.e. PPP) connection > "get on" the mbone?? I'm a bit confused as to what this mbone thing Nope. It's more like a "network within a network", and in order to get on it you have to know someone who's already a member and is willing to feed you data. It's sort of like USENET news that way, except that it's a lot easier to find someone who's willing to feed you news. :-) > If I can't be part of the multicast mbone, can I at least use the above > tools "point to point"? Not to my knowledge, no. Jordan
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