Download HyperCast 2.0 User Manual - Computer Science

1/24/2002
User’s Manual
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INTRODUCTION.................................................................................................. 2
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GETTING STARTED ........................................................................................... 2
2.1
2.2
2.3
REQUIRED RESOURCES .......................................................................................2
DOWNLOADING AND INSTALLING HYPERCAST 2.0............................................2
RUNNING A DEMO PROGRAM : A DISTRIBUTED WHITEBOARD...........................4
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CONFIGURING HYPERCAST 2.0 OVERLAY SOCKETS............................ 5
3.1
A PRIMER ON HYPER CAST ATTRIBUTES ............................................................5
3.2
CONFIGURATION OF ANY HYPERC AST 2.0 O VERLAY N ETWORK........................6
3.3
CONFIGURATION FOR HYPERCUBE (HC) OVERLAY NETWORKS........................7
3.4
CONFIGURATION OF DELAUNAY TRIANGU LATION (DT) O VERLAY NETWORKS.8
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CONFIGURING AN OVERLAY SERVER........................................................ 9
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RUNNING A “HELLOWORLD” PROGRAM ................................................ 12
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DEMO APPLICATIONS.................................................................................... 13
6.1
MFTP (MULTICAST FILE TRANSFER PROTOCOL) ............................................13
6.2
MEDIASTREAMER AND MEDIA RECEIVER .........................................................14
6.3
DISTRIBUTED WHITEBOARD.............................................................................16
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RUNNING MEASUREMENT EXPERIMENTS ............................................. 17
7.1
7.2
7.3
7.4
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S TARTING RUNCONTROL.................................................................................17
S TARTING RUNSERVERS..................................................................................18
RUNCONTROL C OMMANDS..............................................................................18
REMOTE TERMINAL FROM RUN CONTROL TO RUN SERVERS.............................19
APPENDIX: CONFIGURATION FILE “HYPERCAST.PROP” .................. 20