The network side of Mbone

To receive the pre-recorded broadcasted test pictures of Maeshowe sunset of January 2nd, 1998, a few conditions must be met:
  1. the user workstation has already Mbone connectivity

    2. That is the easiest, you don't have to do much, perhaps only put the multicast applications on the user workstation.
  2. the user workstation is connected to a LAN, but no Mbone connectivity yet

    3. You should consult your local network manager and ask if he is able to get an Mbone feed from the ISP of your company.
    Depending of the possibilities of the ISP there are a few options:
    1. the ISP is able to provide an Mbone feed

      2. the local network manager needs to have a workstation/router that is able to run mrouted/DVMRP/PIM to receive the Mbone feed.
    2. the ISP is able to provide an Mbone tunnel (using liveGate1)

      3. In that case use multikit instead of sdr and multicast applications on the user workstation to connect to this tunnel.
    3. the ISP does not want to provide an Mbone feed or an Mbone tunnel

      4. A pity, the only option is that another providers wants to give you an Mbone tunnel using liveGate1, but the chances are small!!!
  3. the user workstation is using a dial-up connection, but no Mbone connectivity yet.

    4. You should consult your ISP
    1. if he can provide you an Mbone tunnel (using liveGate1).

      2. In this case use multikit instead of sdr and multicast applications on the user workstation to connect to this tunnel.
    2. If he does not want to provide a tunnel, you could ask another ISP to provide you with an Mbone tunnel, but chances are small!!!
     

The application side of Mbone

There are lots of places on The Internet where one can get software for using Mbone. A good archive for a lot of workstation types, can be found at UKERNA. The applications needed for viewing/listening the test pictures from Maeshowe are: sdr (session directory), vic (video) and rat (audio).
Are you using Windows95 or Windows NT4.0, I would advice you to use the following tools: It is possible that in the Maeshowe setup (Dec. 1998) another application will be used (like Real ),  because these other applications need less bandwidth, so that also modem users (from 28.8 kbit/s) can watch with relatively nice quality.
 

Known ISP's that provide Mbone

There is not a full list of ISP's that provide Mbone (if I have forgotten you, please let me know).
A list of European ISP's and  USA ISP's (quiet old!) is available.

Note on LiveGate: If the viewer has a dynamic address from a certain range, the configuration of liveGate should be something like this:
for (set hostNum 1) {$hostNum <= 254} {incr hostNum} {
    liveGate_createTunnel 123.234.210.$hostNum
}