[AG-TECH] beacon, vtc, multicast???

[Ivan R. Judson]

Hey,

So in case it might matter, AG2 has a different set of port requirements,
and they are configurable. That might be a good reason to consider
upgrading.

--Ivan

> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-ag-tech at mcs.anl.gov 
> [mailto:owner-ag-tech at mcs.anl.gov] On Behalf Of Moses, 
> Jennifer (Cont,ARL/CISD)
> Sent: Friday, August 08, 2003 9:46 AM
> To: ag-tech at mcs.anl.gov
> Subject: RE: [AG-TECH] beacon, vtc, multicast???
> 
> 
> We have been trying to use the PIG 1.2 here at the Army 
> Research Laboratory for a while, and finally discovered the 
> problem with 7777. Until moo uses another port, we are unable 
> to use the PIG software properly since ARL blocks port 7777 
> and there's essentially no hope of getting it unblocked. I, 
> for one, whole heartedly support the port number being changed.
> 
> Thanks,
> Jen Moses
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Charles R. Anderson [mailto:cra at WPI.EDU] 
> Sent: Friday, August 08, 2003 10:25 AM
> To: ag-tech at mcs.anl.gov
> Subject: Re: [AG-TECH] beacon, vtc, multicast???
> 
> On Fri, Aug 08, 2003 at 10:01:22AM -0400, Gurcharan S. Khanna wrote:
> > could someone refresh my memory? doesn't  the moo run over 
> port 7777 
> > also? and wasn't that also a problem due to that port being 
> blocked or 
> > squeezed because it was the napster port? (it was always extremely 
> > slow for us; i guess there's a proxy now or something?). seems like 
> > some other port number would be more useful in these filtered 
> > environments. why is 7777 the port of choice?
> 
> Isn't a lot of the work on this software done by students?  
> Perhaps they are trying to make a statement by choosing that port :)
>