JANET Multicast Beacon Server

These configuration notes are for JANET users wishing to connect to the beacon servers. The current version of software is 1.3.0 see the installation page for installation instructions.

For all beacon installations the following lines need to be edited in the beacon.conf file.

Uncomment and edit the following lines:
CONTACTNAME = Your name
CONTACTINFO = Your contact
CONTACTLOCATION = Your Location

and delete the STOPME line at the end of the file (Yes, really!)

also change these lines:
OUTPUTDIR = /path/to/place/to/put/output/files
CENTRALSERVERNAME = chilton.beacon.ja.net

Then choose one of the following options. If you want to be in more than one beacon grid you must run more than one instance of the beacon software:

For a client that will be in the JANET Public beacon also change:
GROUP = 233.3.18.2 #JANET Public Beacon group address

For a client that will be in the JANET Access Grid beacon also change:
GROUP = 233.3.18.3 #JANET AG Beacon group address
also uncomment and edit the line
SERVERTCPPORT = 10005

For a client that will be in the JANET Regional Network beacon also change:
GROUP = 233.3.18.4 #JANET RN Beacon group address
also uncomment and edit the line
SERVERTCPPORT = 10006