Subject: Remote observing tip

From: Bruce Gillespie

Submitted: Fri, 14 May 2004 10:18:27 -0600

Message number: 779 (previous: 778, next: 787 up: Index)

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
>
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