Re: Beacon 0.9.58 released!
Hi, Bob -- Nope. Don't see you there. Does the machine you're running on
show a process named "beacon" if you do a "ps -elf | grep beacon" (Or a
"ps -aux | grep beacon", depending on your OS.....)
Mitch
At 12:35 PM 7/14/2004 +1000, you wrote:
> well, I bashed around the install stuff until I think I got this up &
> running. Let me know if you don't see it show up on the web page.
>
> Mitch Kutzko wrote:
>
> >Hi, folks -- The new Beacon (v0.9.58) is now up!
> >
> >It's available at:
> >
> > http://dast.nlanr.net/projects/beacon
> >
> >You can see the output at:
> >
> > http://beacon.ncsa.uiuc.edu/
> >
> >(Once the release is final, I'll change this to
> >http://beacon.dast.nlanr.net. I'll announce the change beforehand, of
> >course, just so the change doesn't take anyone by surprise.)
> >
> >
> >IMPORTANT: The 0.9.58 Beacon uses a different multicast group, and
> >different port values, too, so you may need to tweak your firewalls.
> >(Group is 233.4.200.23, and ports are 10002 and 10003 for UDP and 10004 for
> >TCP.)
> >
> >
> >This version adds Burst testing and Silence testing, as well as a number of
> >bug fixes. Unfortunately, we're still working on the RTT calculation bug,
> >but both Loss and Jitter are working correctly.
> >
> >Burst testing periodically sends 100-packet RTP bursts into the group, at
> >random intervals between two and six hours if enabled. (BURSTTEST in
> >beacon.conf, -z or --bursttest from the command line)
> >
> >Silence testing stops sending RTP and RTCP traffic to the group for three
> >minutes at random intervals between two and six hours if enabled.
> >(SILENCETEST in beacon.conf, -y or --silencetest from the command line)
> >
> >
> >Please let me know if you have any questions, and I look forward to seeing
> >your new Beacons on the new group.
> >
> >Cheers!
> >
> >Mitch
> >
> >PS - Please consider subscribing to the Beacon listserv up if you haven't
> >already. You can subscribe to by sending an email to:
> >
> > majordomo@dast.nlanr.net
> >
> >with
> >
> > subscribe beacon@dast.nlanr.net
> >
> >in the body. This list is publicly archived at:
> >
> > http://archive.ncsa.uiuc.edu/lists/beacon
> >
> >(Note that due the incredible volume of spam we get, this list is a closed
> >list
> >that can only be sent to by subscribers. Non-subscriber email to this
list is
> >automatically discarded!)
> >
> >--
> >Mitch Kutzko | mitch@dast.nlanr.net | mitch@ncsa.uiuc.edu | 217-333-1199
> >http://hobbes.ncsa.uiuc.edu/
> >
> >
> >
> >
>
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