From owner-freebsd-chat Mon Dec 8 23:46:58 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) id XAA09890 for chat-outgoing; Mon, 8 Dec 1997 23:46:58 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from time.cdrom.com (root@time.cdrom.com [204.216.27.226]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) with ESMTP id XAA09879 for ; Mon, 8 Dec 1997 23:46:52 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from jkh@time.cdrom.com) Received: from time.cdrom.com (jkh@localhost.cdrom.com [127.0.0.1]) by time.cdrom.com (8.8.7/8.6.9) with ESMTP id XAA14291; Mon, 8 Dec 1997 23:46:34 -0800 (PST) To: Mark Mayo cc: John-Mark Gurney , chat@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: [hackers:] Architectural advice needed In-reply-to: Your message of "Mon, 08 Dec 1997 23:37:49 EST." <19971208233749.58568@vmunix.com> Date: Mon, 08 Dec 1997 23:46:34 -0800 Message-ID: <14288.881653594@time.cdrom.com> From: "Jordan K. Hubbard" Sender: owner-freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org > 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