MapleNet Technical Specifications

The Client machine must be capable of viewing Web Pages containing Java Applets.

Requirements

• A machine capable of viewing Web pages with Java applets
• Recommend 128MB memory minimum
• MapleNet Client components require approximately 3MB disk space
• Java-compatible browser, such as Netscape or Internet Explorer
• Java 2 JRE, v1.3.1 or greater, including browser plugin

The Publisher machine(s) is responsible for creating/editing the content of the Web pages and, when complete, uploading them to the Server. Note that the Server and Publisher can be the same machine.

Requirements

• Windows 98/NT/2000/XP or Linux
• Recommend 128MB memory minimum
• MapleNet Publisher components require approximately 6MB disk space
• Maple 8
• Java 2 SDK, v1.3.1
• Java 2 JRE, v1.3.1, including browser plugin
• Recommend a Java development environment, such as JBuilderTM, VisualAge®, or VisualCafe™ for developing Java applets
• Recommend a Web page development environment, such as Dreamweaver®

The MapleNet Server is the machine to which Clients will connect to access Web pages and the MapleNet applets associated with them. The Server will also respond to publishing requests from the Publisher machine(s) for the transfer of content between the Publisher and
the Server.

The MapleNet Server will run as a process and will manage concurrent Maple instances as required to serve Client connections for math computation and display services. The Server can also provide some additional services including User authentication, Logging information, and Database access.

Requirements

• Windows NT/2000/XP or Linux
• Recommend 256MB memory
• MapleNet Server components consume approximately 25MB of memory while running plus 3MB per connection (the connections are of short duration and are not persistent)
• Installation requires approximately 25MB disk space
• Maple 8
• Web server software, such as Apache Tomcat or IIS
• Java 2 SDK, v1.3.1
• Java 2 JRE, v1.3.1, including browser plugin