Messenger over our local network ??

[Richard]

We are not current users of messenger, but are just now considering its use.
Could someone help with a few questions?

FIRST, can we use Windows Messenger to chat, whiteboard, send files, and use
other features on our own local peer-to-peer office network versus the
internet? In other words, without a live internet connection, can we send
messages and chat requests within our own peer-to-peer Microsoft office
network?

SECOND, will Windows Messenger work with a mixed workgroup running Windows
XP and Windows 2000 operating systems on their computers?

THRID, are Windows Messenger and Windows Live Messenger the same program?

 

[Jonathan Kay [MVP]]

Greetings Richard,

1. No, not on peer to peer. This would only work with a local Exchange 2000 IM Server or
Live Communications Server.

2. Of course, Windows Messenger 5.x supports both Win2k and XP.

3. No, Windows Live Messenger is simply the next version of MSN Messenger, which is a
completely different product.

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[Richard]

Jonathan,

Thank you for the response. If we can't use Windows Messenger to chat or
use other features in our peer-to-peer network, are you aware of any other
products that would allow us to communicate in this fashion? We only have
about 5 computers in our network, but would like to be able to communicate
using features similar to Windows Messenger.

Thanks,
Richard

 

[Alexey Korobkin]

Hello, Richard!

You wrote on Tue, 4 Apr 2006 16:50:55 -0600:

R> FIRST, can we use Windows Messenger to chat, whiteboard, send files, and
R> use other features on our own local peer-to-peer office network versus
R> the internet? In other words, without a live internet connection, can
R> we send messages and chat requests within our own peer-to-peer Microsoft
R> office network?

Yes, any advanced SIP server will do the job, like CommuniGate Pro or Exchange. I'd recommend the former.

R> SECOND, will Windows Messenger work with a mixed workgroup running
R> Windows XP and Windows 2000 operating systems on their computers?

Sure.
Don't forget to set up domain firewall policy to allow XP SP2 computers use messenger.

 

[Guest]

You can try Quickconference

www.prgrsoft.com/pages/quickconference.html

 

[John Jay Smith]

Dont you have internet access in the lan?
If so you can talk to each other with messenger while you are conneted via
the internet.

if not

for whiteboard and chat you could use netmeeting
(this is for XP)
press start > run and type CONF
press enter
then the netmeeting shotcuts will be created

on other machines you will have to download metmeeting 3.1

you can call another person by entering the ip or the name of the computer
on the network

or

Doing some googling with the keywords "serverless IM" I found these (mose
are free)

http://zimpro.zudha.com/
http://www.freedownloadmanager.org/downloads/serverless_software/
http://www.snapfiles.com/screenshots/interchat.htm
http://borgchat.softnews.ro/preview.php?PHPSESSID=1095644d78c9e0a001eabbf19bfe6af1

buy trillian pro www.trillian.cc (25$) (this is a very versitile messenger)
that has a plugin called randezvouz that does what you need.





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[Richard]

Rodrigo,

Thank you, your suggestions were very helpful.

 

[Richard]

John,

Thank you, your suggestions were very helpful.

 

[Richard]

Alexey,

Thank you, your suggestions were very helpful.

 

[e23]

Richard,

look into Bopup Messenger (http://www.blabsoft.com/products/messenger/)
for your internal lan messaging. It supports built-in software, like
WinPopup and Messenger Software, emotions, file transfer, user presence
status, user grouping. This instant messenger offers quick and
effective lan messaging, has a great interface and unique icons.

If you want to notificate your users, use Bopup Observer. This free
one-way instant messenger is designed to receive messages and files.
Vendor's website provides "silent" installs, that allows to silently
install the software on remote computers and makes deploying more easy.