[UCIMC-Tech] networking for WRFU streaming - public-facing IP? socket? + wrfu.net domain

[Chris Ritzo]

Thanks, Stuart, for continuing to research and work on this on your end.
I'm happy to help with some of the items you mention and coordinate with
others as needed. -Chris

On 12/22/2015 05:17 PM, Stuart Levy wrote:
> Hello again,
> 
> For WRFU streaming, there are some networking needs - hope not difficult:
> 
>    * if we put the streaming machine in the office, it needs a live
> ethernet jack.   There's a block of four jacks in the office's northwest
> corner.   Three are live, the fourth is unused and currently shows no link:
> 
>     port "1", is available but not currently live.
>     one (blue wire) feeds the automation computer (in the office)
>     one (gray wire) goes through the wall to feed a 4-port switch in the
>     studio.   DHCP on switch ports gives a net-192.168 address.
>     another (blue wire) goes through wall to a spare wire on studio
>     floor - maybe for people with laptops etc.   DHCP gives a net-10
>     address.
> 
>   * The server needs a public-facing IP address and DNS name.
> 
>     Is this (imc-tech) the place to ask for an IP assignment / routing
>     from some specific jack?

I can assist with the public-facing IP, DNS name/entries, static
internal IP (dhcp host entry) and forwarding rule in the firewall.

Routing to a specific jack in the studio will require some coordination
with someone local familiar with the locations of network switches,
perhaps Barry or (is Volo still supporting?).

This should be straightforward, with a little trial and error
potentially, depending on where you wish to have the server. Note that
it is not required to have the server in the same physical location as
the booth. I'm reasonably confident that one of the racked machines
upstairs will work well for this server, but this is the choice of local
folks. If you want to use a racked server, the IMC staff will need to
provision access for someone with server experience and a reinstall of
the operating system should be done. Happy to help coordinate with
someone if this is the route you wish to go.

> 
>   *   WRFU.NET needs to get back on the map.   So:
> 
>     1) Who administers the WRFU.NET domain?   (It's currently valid,
>     held by Joker.com, expiring on Feb 3rd, with no IP address
>     assignments.)   It would be natural for people to look there, as
>     well as on ucimc.org itself, to find the station.

I can also assist with pointing wrfu.net to a location of your choice.
It was taken down some time ago after the drupal cms it was running was
compromised.

> 
>     If a DNS entry gets assigned for the streaming server's assigned IP,
>     then how about a name like "stream.wrfu.net" for that?  
> 
>     2) There should be a WRFU.NET / WWW.WRFU.NET web page with a blurb
>     about the station, a link to the IMC, and a "WRFU Stream" button. 
>     This could be hosted on the streaming server itself, or elsewhere
>     (on the ucimc.org server?), whichever makes sense.
> 
>     3) In short I think there should be at least these entries in the
>     wrfu.net domain:
>        WRFU.NET (zone and A record)
>        WWW.WRFU.NET (another A record or a CNAME)
>        STREAM.WRFU.NET (another A record or a CNAME)
> 
> 
>    
> 
> 
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