
Upon starting the Accelerator, a DNS A record will be created for this IP Address. Keep in mind to allow 8-10 GB of space for each course you wish to accelerate.Īccelerator IP Address:This needs to be the static IP address of the machine, on which the LabSim Accelerator is installed. You may leave the settings as default, or you may change them.Īccelerator Content Store: This is the location to which your TestOut course content will be saved.Upon successfully logging in, the LabSim Accelerator Configuration Window will appear, as shown below. Note: You do not need to use the same school administrator account every time you configure LabSim Accelerator, if you have more than one administrator at your location. Enter your existing LabSim school administrator credentials, and click Login.The LabSim Accelerator configuration login window will now appear.Choose the Installation folder (typically, default is best) and click Next.Click Next to advance through the installation wizard.
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You have the computer privileges to install the LabSim Accelerator on the machine which will function as a webserver.Įstablishing Expectations: This tool will:.You have a computer available, on the same subnet as the student machines, with plenty of hard drive space to download the TestOut course content.


Once configured, students belonging to the school may log in normally and benefit from the content served over the local network. It allows the use of a network computer/server to locally cache TestOut course content, and serve that content over the local area network, rather than entirely over the internet. The LabSim Accelerator is a tool designed for schools with very limited internet bandwidth. That would make the average download speed of videos for each user in the classroom only 0.5 Mbps, which would make for an unpleasant viewing experience with frequent delays, while the videos buffered. Suppose you have 30 students in a classroom, who are all trying to watch their TestOut videos at the same time, but the internet bandwidth available to the classroom is only 15 Mbps. Testing the LabSim Accelerator's Functionality
