[AG-TECH] sharing files

[Cindy Sievers]

Now that AG2.x supports shared files and applications, how does a AG 
participant go about getting these things?  Let's say that we are having a 
large meeting over the AG in a room based node.  Do node ops display the 
Venue Client on the large screen so that the participants can see what 
files are available?  Do participants bring their own laptops with AG venue 
client installed so that they can download the shared files to their local 
machines?  Should we think about maintaining a web site that contains these 
files so that participants can download them without needing a multicast 
connection?

Obviously, participants will be wanting more control over a AG session, 
this used to be almost totally up to the node op to handle, however, with 
more shared resources, what can we do to facilitate users 
participation?  The way our AG network is set up, users cannot get from our 
main LANL firewalled network to the AG unprotected multicast network.....we 
would either need to provide access to the AG network directly, or provide 
machines that have access...hmmm.  Or am I overlooking something?


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Cindy Sievers           Los Alamos National Laboratory
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