Trouble making a connection
Felipe
We have tried several times to connect, but it's not working.
The web site www.findIP shows a different IP than About Netmeeting.
Which should be used?
We are both on wireless networks, her on the home dsl and me at a hotel.
She has Zonealarm and I havwe Windows firewall, but neither have
displayed warnings, but could the firewalls be interfering?
Should we use the Directory Settings? What directory would we enter?
What's Gatekeeper and Gateway?
Should the bandwith be selected Cable/DSL or LAN?
What about the Security certificate options?
BTW, we connect easily with Skype, but we need the Netmeeting feature of
sharing control of the others computer.
TIA.
Brian Sullivan
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> I'm in Africa and my wife is in L.A.
> We have tried several times to connect, but it's not working.
> The web site www.findIP shows a different IP than About Netmeeting.
> Which should be used?
The target IP for calling is likely the one found via the outside service.
The about NetMeeting on is the private Ip on the respective private networks
> We are both on wireless networks, her on the home dsl and me at a hotel.
> She has Zonealarm and I havwe Windows firewall, but neither have
> displayed warnings, but could the firewalls be interfering?
The local firewall could be an obstacle but more the first obstacle to
overcome (if it is posssible are the routers at both ends). You need to have
access to the admin features of the router. It sounds like that will *not*
be possible at least from your end.
> Should we use the Directory Settings? What directory would we enter?
It doesn't matter ... even if you could find one working it would not work
for your situation.
> What's Gatekeeper and Gateway?
Neither are relevant to your situation.
> Should the bandwith be selected Cable/DSL or LAN?
This doesn't matter.
> What about the Security certificate options?
Not an issue.
> BTW, we connect easily with Skype, but we need the Netmeeting feature of
> sharing control of the others computer.
If all you need is the sharing control (and not audio/video) it may be
possible to connect to your wife by calling from your end (assuming the
router at the other end has been setup to make her computer the dmz
computer). You can (normally) call and connect in a data only call in this
situation by calling the external ISP supplied IP address of her router
(that can be determined using an external findip type website or by logging
on to the router and finding the external ip listed there).
I thought there was an add on to Skype that would allow desktop sharing. If
you can find that it would make the whole thing easier/possible. Another
option is to use the remote assistance features of Live Messenger (I am not
much help there though -- haven't actually used that feature). Both Skype
and Live Messenger are setup to work from behind NAT routers. Netmeeting is
old/discontinued and is not router aware and is very difficult to use in
your situation.
Felipe
"Brian Sullivan" <brians...@wormtiredcoursesbywire.com> wrote:
Thanks Brian.