[AG-TECH] change number of bridges? Windows & Mac file locations

[Andrew A Rowley]

Hi,

I should add that I have made some changes to the AG Toolkit code (which are now in CVS, so they should appear in the next release), which should resolve this problem.  These include the caching of bridges (which means that if the bridge registry is down but the bridge is up, you can still use it), the background updating of bridge ping times (which means you don't need to wait for this to happen at start-up) and the ability to change the ordering of the bridges, rather than relying on the ping times (although there is still the option to order by ping time).

Andrew :)

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> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-ag-tech at mcs.anl.gov [mailto:owner-ag-tech at mcs.anl.gov] On
> Behalf Of Jennifer Teig von Hoffman
> Sent: 07 March 2007 18:21
> To: Christoph Willing
> Cc: AG-TECH list
> Subject: Re: [AG-TECH] change number of bridges? Windows & Mac file
> locations
> 
> Thanks very much Chris! I made this change and it did the trick.
> 
> - Jennifer
> 
> Christoph Willing wrote:
> >
> > On 07/03/2007, at 8:30 AM, Christoph Willing wrote:
> >
> >>
> >> On 07/03/2007, at 7:21 AM, Jennifer Teig von Hoffman wrote:
> >>
> >>> Hi all,
> >>>
> >>> We've been running into trouble from time to time with wanting to
> >>> select bridges that are not shown in our venue client. We believe
> >>> that these bridges are probably not identified as "close to us" (if I
> >>> understand the way the client works, which of course I might not!).
> >>>
> >>> For example, if we're meeting with University of New Mexico, and I
> >>> want us to be on the same bridge they're connected to, we might not
> >>> have any bridges in common available within our venue clients.
> >>>
> >>> Is there a quick and easy way to tell the venue client to show us
> >>> more than the top 10 "closest" bridges?
> >>
> >>
> >> Jennifer,
> >>
> >> Try finding the __LoadBridges() function in the VenueClient.py file
> >> (in Linux systems, that will be
> >> /usr/lib/python2.4/site-
> packages/AccessGrid3/AccessGrid/VenueClient.py).
> >
> >
> > For Windows systems, it should be at:
> >     C:\Python23\Lib\site-packages/AccessGrid3/AccessGrid/VenueClient.py
> >
> >
> > For OSX systems, it should be at:
> >
> >
> /Applications/AccessGridToolkit3.app/Contents/Resources/lib/python2.3/site
> -packages/AccessGrid3/AccessGrid/VenueClient.py
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >> In that function is a line saying:
> >>     bridgeList = self.registryClient.LookupBridge(10)
> >>
> >> Change the number 10 (the maximum number of bridges to list) to
> >> anything else you like - I just tried it with 20 and it gave me a list
> >> of 16 bridges.
> >>
> >>
> >> chris
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>> Or is there another good way to work around this issue? I'd prefer
> >>> not to manually connect vic and rat to the bridges, though I realize
> >>> that's an option.
> >>>
> >>> - Jennifer
> >>>
> >>
> >> Christoph Willing                       +61 7 3365 8350
> >> QCIF Access Grid Manager
> >> University of Queensland
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >
> > Christoph Willing                       +61 7 3365 8350
> > QCIF Access Grid Manager
> > University of Queensland
> >
> >
>