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In article <1992Nov4.065228.13194@magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu>  
phayes@magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu (Patrick W Hayes) writes:
> 
> How does the multiple host rendering work in 3.0? All I ever get in
> the render panel is "localhost." Is there a "render-host manager" or  
something?
> Do I make some netinfo entry? I couldn't find the docs on this, a  
pointer
> to the right manual is all I should need, but then, digital lib. came up
> with nothing.
> 
> Patrick Hayes
> pwhayes+@osu.edu
> 
What a hassle, eh? Oh the hidden magic. Lots of people are calling up and  
saying "Reality doesn't render", and we are thinking, "hmm, render's here  
fine".

Here's how to publish other rendering hosts: [There may be a better way,  
if so, speak up! This was all gleaned by trial and error]:

1] Launch NetInfoManager
2] Open your root domain
3] IF there is not a top level directory named "locations", add it
4] IF "locations" does not have a subdirectory named "renderers", create  
it. It has two properties: name, which is "renderers", and "_writers",  
which should be "*" if you want everyone to access these hosts.
5] Now, add as subdirectories, new entries to "renderers", one for each  
host on your network which can provide public rendering. For, example, our  
directory has, "dog", "scud", "buddha", etc. These final directories have  
two properties as well, the ubiquitous name, which is the host's name; and  
a "note" field, which may contain a note which appears on the Render  
Panel, such as "Gone Renderin", or "A bad day rendering is better..."

In summary, this will be the structure of the new NetInfo directories:

locations -> renderers -> hostA
			  hostB	
			  ...
			  hostN

Any more info on this stuff, please email me or post...

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