All: Craig Loomis, our site computer/network manager, has the following tip regarding remote observing and where to do it from. We learned about this the hard way last night. Bruce Gillespie Begin forwarded message: > From: Craig Loomis <cloomis@apo.nmsu.edu> > Date: May 13, 2004 9:02:53 PM MDT > To: obs-spec@apo.nmsu.edu > Cc: staff@apo.nmsu.edu > Subject: [apo-staff] Remote observing and the exciting Internet. > > [ This was meant for the 3.5m obs-specs, but I figured other might > want to keep the point in mind. ] > > With fast DSL/cable links, folks are increasingly observing from > home. Most of the time, a home connection will be essentially as good > as a University connection. But not always. I want to clarify one risk > that may not be obvious: the NMSU and cross-NM backbones are wired and > configured to keep Internet2 traffic (between paying research and > education institutions -- including all ARC institutions) separate > from other traffic. If there are problems with the NMSU campus network > or the commercial networks, Internet2 links will often not be > affected. And these days, there are _often_ serious problems on campus > networks: keeping ahead of viruses, denial-of-service attacks, etc. on > open campus networks with dormitories is a daily struggle. > Looked at selfishly, NMSU has one wire between APO and the ARC > campuses, and another bunch of wires for all other APO/NMSU/NM network > traffic. NMSU has taken the trouble of making our Internet2 link > independent of their messy campus network, but the only way to use the > better link is to be on a college network. DSL links from home don't > qualify. > > - craig > > _______________________________________________ > apo-staff@mail.apo.nmsu.edu - On-site APO staff and visitors > http://mail.apo.nmsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/apo-staff > APO APO APO APO APO Apache Point Observatory 3.5m APO APO APO APO APO This is message 779 in the apo35-general archive. You can find APO the archive on http://www.astro.princeton.edu/APO/apo35-general/INDEX.html APO To join/leave the list, send mail to apo35-request@astro.princeton.edu APO To post a message, mail it to apo35-general@astro.princeton.edu APO APO APO APO APO APO APO APO APO APO APO APO APO APO APO APO APO