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MISTC System Requirements
CLIENT COMPUTER (INSTRUCTOR AND STUDENTS)
- Windows environment
System |
Memory |
Processor |
Windows Vista/W7 |
1.0GB |
1.0GHz |
WinXP |
512MB |
1.0GHHz |
- Linux environment
System |
Memory |
Processor |
Linux |
512MB |
1.0GHz |
- Mac environment
System |
Memory |
Processor |
MacOS 10.6+ |
512MB |
Intel CPU |
- Java Runtime Environment 1.5 or later installed
(free JRE download)
- Open Office, if desired for slide conversion
(free download)
- 64MB RAM (with video and extra WBD for projector, 256MB)
- 50MB free disk
- Standard sound card
- Earphones or amplified speakers
- Microphone (optional for students)
- Web camera
(optional for instructor; not recommended for students)
- 56 kb/s or better network connection (non-conference student)
- 100 kb/s network connection (instructor without video)
- 500 kb/s network connection (instructor with video)
SERVER COMPUTER (MULTICASTER AND PLAYBACK)
Use VMWare or:
- Linux, or Unix
- Web server supporting html, shtml, and php installed
(we recommend Apache - free download)
- MySQL database management system installed (free download)
- Java Runtime Environment Installed
- 100 MB free disk plus additional 500MB per course to be recorded
- 100 Mb/s network connection
NOTE: The following supports 20 simultaneous clients; increase
for larger groups
- 86 or X86_64 CPU
- 64MB per 20 connections + OS requirements
SERVER NETWORK USAGE
If you cannot guarantee these rates across the whole path
from client to server, do not try to run
MISTC, it will fail!
- bursts to 40 kb/s per connected student (without video)
- bursts to 200 kb/s per connected student (with video)
CONFERENCE NETWORK USAGE
- while MISTC supports
modem-level connections for courses, conferences are now configured
for graphic-intensive purposes so conference users require high capacity
Internet connections. Symptoms of a weak connection are failure of
MISTC
to start or frequent disconnections. Always test your connection before you
attend a course or conference.
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