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Networks at the University of Louisville and the University of Southern Queensland are connected through Internet2 from Louisville to Sydney, and a high speed network within Australia. From the Toowoomba campus to Mt. Kent a line-of-sight microwave link provides a data rate of 50 Mb/s. From the Louisville campus network to Moore Observatory a commodity T1 line limits data to 1.5 Mb/s. | Networks at the University of Louisville and the University of Southern Queensland are connected through Internet2 from Louisville to Sydney, and a high speed network within Australia. From the Toowoomba campus to Mt. Kent a line-of-sight microwave link provides a data rate of 50 Mb/s. From the Louisville campus network to Moore Observatory a commodity T1 line limits data to 1.5 Mb/s. | ||
Outside access to the | Outside access to the University networks is limited by firewalls as shown in the figure. Direct control of the telescopes for remote observing is available only through the virtual private networks (VPN's), or through web-based interfaces. | ||
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At Moore Observatory in the T1 service from campus is switched to servers and operator consoles in the main building, and to computers, and control systems in each enclosure. A separate local area network connects the Moondog server to specialized devices that do not require access from outside the observatory. | |||
== Moore Observatory Local Network == | == Moore Observatory Local Network == | ||
Revision as of 21:10, 22 March 2011
The Shared Skies network incorporates servers, instrumentation computers, network power switches, video servers and video conferencing at campus sites and observatories:
University of Southern Queensland Mount Kent Observatory
mtkent1.mko.usq.edu.au (Primary server at MKO used for data archive and Shared Skies links)
mtkent2.mko.usq.edu.au (Backup server at MKO used for batch processing)
crux.mko.usq.edu.au (CDK20 South)
canopus.mko.usq.edu.au (Operator console)
pagepower.mko.usq.edu.au (CDK20 South power control)
University of Louisville Information Technology
mtkent3.it-servers.louisville.edu (Primary server at U of L used for data archives and host of Shared Skies ).
mtkent4.it-servers.louisville.edu (Backup server at U of L used for batch processing)
University of Louisville Moore Observatory
pegasus.astro.louisville.edu (CDK20 North)
owl.astro.louisville.edu (Site operator console)
moondog.astro.louisville.edu (Local web server and host to weather station and environmental monitors)
sundog.astro.louisville.edu (Local data storage)
wispi.astro.louisivlle.edu (CDK12 and Wispi)
equuleus.astro.louisville.edu (RC24)
aquila.astro.louisville.edu (RC24 operator console)
University of Louisville Class and Conference Rooms
carina.physics.louisville.edu (Physics and Astronomy)
cygnus.planetarium.louisville.edu (Planetarium)
Video Conferencing
Mt. Kent: 139.86.48.250 (Polycom)
U of L Planetarium: 136.165.95.78 (Polycom)
U of L Physics and Astronomy: 136.165.82.27 (Tandberg: tandberg.physics.louisville.edu)
Moore Observatory: 136.165.82.27 (Tandberg: tandberg.astro.louisville.edu)
Video Servers
allsky.astro.louisville.edu (Fisheye view of the northern sky)
skycam.mko.usq.edu.au (Fisheye view of the southern sky)
aldebaran.astro.louisville.edu (Site camera at Moore Observatory)
antares.astro.louisville.edu (CDK20 North video server)
ptzcam.mko.usq.edu.au (Site camera at MKO)
domecam.mko.usq.edu.au (CDK20 South dome PTZ camera)
stv.mko.usq.edu.au (CDK20 South video server)
Connections Between Observatories
Networks at the University of Louisville and the University of Southern Queensland are connected through Internet2 from Louisville to Sydney, and a high speed network within Australia. From the Toowoomba campus to Mt. Kent a line-of-sight microwave link provides a data rate of 50 Mb/s. From the Louisville campus network to Moore Observatory a commodity T1 line limits data to 1.5 Mb/s.
Outside access to the University networks is limited by firewalls as shown in the figure. Direct control of the telescopes for remote observing is available only through the virtual private networks (VPN's), or through web-based interfaces.
At Moore Observatory in the T1 service from campus is switched to servers and operator consoles in the main building, and to computers, and control systems in each enclosure. A separate local area network connects the Moondog server to specialized devices that do not require access from outside the observatory.
Moore Observatory Local Network
Many instruments that are needed for observatory operations are connected to a local network managed by the Moondog observatory server. There is a LAN line running from a switch at Moondog to each of the enclosures, and switches in the enclosures that enable simple local private connections as needed. A short range WiFi network allows user laptops to connect to instruments behind the Moondog firewall.