hi,

not sure if there's a built-in tool in AG 2.0 but you can download a
nice little utility from detective.internet2.edu called internet detective.
this will test for multicast connectivity, connection to the Abilene network,
and
bandwidth tests.

running the beacon would allow to check your connectivity to various
other sites. you should do this.

vtc, i believe, is to connect to a multicast-unicast bridge if you don't
have multicast enabled.

hope this helps,

-gurcharan
associate director
research computing
dartmouth college

--- Cifer wrote:
Hi,
  I've some problem getting my audio and video to
receive stream from anywhere except LAN.
  I've notice that my computer is trying to send
packets to a multicast address, but do i have mbone
running after i follow thru the setup from
http://www.accessgrid.org/agdp/howto/ag2-0-install-pig.html
?
  Do i need to run beaconclient to connect to
beaconserver.accessgrid.org:9997 and install vtc in
order to get video and audio running?
  Is there any links to some page or can someone guide
me along? thankx thankx

Regards,
Bruce Ng
Singapore
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