[Ldsoss] Wireless Networks in Church Buildings

[Paul Penrod]

Ben Galbraith wrote:
> On Nov 21, 2006, at 3:53 PM, Paul Penrod wrote:
>>> FWIW, this is how MLS works today. All MLS does with the modem is
>>> establish a TCP/IP connection over *the Internet* and then use it to
>>> access the Church's MLS servers. So if you already have an Internet
>>> connection, MLS can use it. Contact the MLS support folks to learn how
>>> to configure this.
>>>
>> Yep, PPP at V.56 speeds (33.6 up / 56.7k down on a "good" connection).
>> It doesn't matter what the size of the pipe is, so long as the
>> programmers did
>> not make the mistake of tying the application to directly to a specific
>> protocol.
>>
>> Even if they did, one could run PPPoE via DSL. Grossly inefficient on
>> the network
>> but it does provide backward compatibility.
>
> This is not theoretical. MLS does do its data transfer via TCP/IP. I
> transfer data over a high-speed connection all the time. Just a
> configuration setting as to whether or not it tries to establish a PPP
> connection via modem. I don't know if Church policy allows me to tell
> you how to change it, so contact your support rep for details.
>
> Ben
>
Ben,

That's what PPP is: Point to Point via TCP/IP. It was best fit case
developed from the brain dead P3
protocol that was part of Compuserve and AOL for a long time. It makes
for a nicer time when you
have a muxed conenction - ie: it uses the DS0 as just a VERY SLOW
ethernet link, so you can run
networked applications over such a connection without special
consideration (outside of long timeouts).
SLIP, and CSLIP do the same thing.

I was agreeing with you.

...Paul
>>>>
>>>> One thing I'm a little curious about is how widespread this practice
>>>> of installing DSL internet (with or without wireless) in church
>>>> buildings has become. I was under the impression that our location
>>>> was a test site in a pilot program (this was probably close to 3
>>>> years ago), but since then I've heard of several others that have
>>>> similar equipment now. How many other stakes, wards, or family
>>>> history centers have this now? How many of those are in Utah, and how
>>>> many are elsewhere?
>>>>
>>>> Thanks,
>>>> Mac
>>>>
>>>> --Mac Newbold        MNE - Mac Newbold Enterprises, LLC
>>>> mac at macnewbold.com    http://www.macnewbold.com/
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