John, A difference would only be seen if you had a bad connection to the bridge, or the bridge had problems with the multicast address. Dynamic vs. static shouldn't make a difference.
myk At 01:20 PM 3/12/2007, you wrote: >Thank you MYK! > >I will test this at at that site tomorrow. If anyone is available after 1pm >EDT, in the NCSA Lobby I will try to test for at least four hours...most >likely using chat for communication:) This is actually a cool problem. Not >for production:( but as a puzzle:) > >Anyone: (Opinion) Does it matter if I am testing this NATed site in the NCSA >Lobby or in a "room"...as one is dynamically multicasted and the rooms are >statically mulitcast addressed? Would the nature of a NATed site more prone >to showing video in either case than the other? ...okay I know I am drawing >straws now:) > >Thanks all, > >John > > >Michael Miller <[email protected]> said: > > > John, > > > > If you look at the NATted site's Producer vic, do > > you see their video there? You will need to > > unmute it. What you describe occurs because only > > on app can receive data from a port at a > > time. Since you have a single connection with > > the bridge, in order to get past the NAT, the > > first vic launched(in this case the producer) > > steals the data from the second vic. Often you > > may see "waiting for video" in the consumer > > vic. This only occurs in single machine nodes or > > any node that runs the producer and consumer vics on the same machine. > > > > The solution is to look for the missing video > > streams in the Producer vic, unmute them and open them from there. > > > > Let me know if you have questions. > > > > myk > > > > At 10:03 AM 3/12/2007, john langkals wrote: > > >Hello AG Tech, > > > > > >There have been a few emails discussing NATS and > > >Access Grid connectivity on the list lately. I > > >am trying to setup and Access Grid at another > > >site. Trying to go through their NAT on my end > > >is no problem. I see all external and local site > > >video just fine. The only issue is the NATted > > >site will get most external video streams that > > >are connected but they do not see their local > > >video. Also as they restart their video, more > > >remote site video streams appear. Just no local > > >video. This is no surprise as NATed routers do > > >not have true end to end connectivity and it may > > >break some IP protocols such as UDP. I am > > >testing in the NCSA Lobby (venue server) and as > > >this site does not support off site multicast, > > >they are bridging unicast. I have tested this in AG 2.4/3.0.2. > > > > > >My question is.if I would setup my own venue > > >server, would I be able to pull off any tricks > > >for both sides to transmit and received video > > >just between our two sites? Hoping only just > > >connecting between two sites would help out some > > >how. Is there any way to build a stripped down > > >venue server that would pull off any port > > >forwarding tricks? I remember there was a > > >project called AG Connector but I can't find any > > >information about it. To anyone's knowledge, would this be useful in my >quest? > > > > > >Thanks, > > > > > >John > > > > > >John Langkals > > >Systems Manager > > >Ohio Center for Technology and Science > > >M2021 Physics Research Building > > >191 West Woodruff Avenue > > >Columbus, Ohio 43210 > > >614.292.6957 Office > > >614.327.3732 Cell > > >614.292.7557 FAX > > >www.octs.osu.edu > > > > > > > > >--
