windows Meeting Space does not work at all

[C Hudson]

I start a new meeting, create an invitation file, send it to others. They
open the invitation file and meeting space says It cannot join the meeting.
Am i missing something here? BTW, we have tried to disable th efirewall all
together , both windows and router, and it still does not work at all. Any
ideas?

 

[Mark L. Ferguson]

You are probably behind an Address Translation Device (NAT) or router that
Windows Meeting is not including in the invite file. There are ways to hack
the file to include the 'sub-address'. This same problem is seen in Remote
Assistance. I copied a technique that seems to do it for assistance email
invites. You may have success with Windows Meeting. (forwarding port 3389 to
the local IP is sometimes necessary, instead. It seems to vary with the
connection type.)

When you get the email requesting assistance,save the attachment to disk.
Right-click, Open With, and choose Notepad. You will see a line like this:
RCTICKET="65538,1,192.168.0.4:3389;novicecomputer:3389, This is the private
IP address and the name of the person requesting help's computer, followed
by the port number. Insert the IP address of the NAT router and port number
in front of the private IP address. (see http://www.whatismyip.com ) like
this: 206.192.44.102:3389; And final line like this:
RCTICKET="65538,1,206.192.44.102:3389;192.168.0.4:3389;novicecomputer:3389,
Save file.

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Mark L. Ferguson

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[Synapse Syndrome]

I start a new meeting, create an invitation file, send it to others. They
open the invitation file and meeting space says It cannot join the
meeting.
Am i missing something here? BTW, we have tried to disable th efirewall
all
together , both windows and router, and it still does not work at all. Any
ideas?

You are all on the same LAN/WLAN?

ss.

 

[Synapse Syndrome]

You are probably behind an Address Translation Device (NAT) or router that
Windows Meeting is not including in the invite file. There are ways to
hack the file to include the 'sub-address'. This same problem is seen in
Remote Assistance. I copied a technique that seems to do it for assistance
email invites. You may have success with Windows Meeting. (forwarding port
3389 to the local IP is sometimes necessary, instead. It seems to vary
with the connection type.)

When you get the email requesting assistance,save the attachment to disk.
Right-click, Open With, and choose Notepad. You will see a line like this:
RCTICKET="65538,1,192.168.0.4:3389;novicecomputer:3389, This is the
private IP address and the name of the person requesting help's computer,
followed by the port number. Insert the IP address of the NAT router and
port number in front of the private IP address. (see
http://www.whatismyip.com ) like this: 206.192.44.102:3389; And final line
like this:
RCTICKET="65538,1,206.192.44.102:3389;192.168.0.4:3389;novicecomputer:3389,
Save file.

You mean it's possible to use Meeting Space through the internet? It meant
to be used with people that are in the vicinity of eachother, in seminars
and group meetings, so if it is possible to use it over the internet, that
is news to me.

ss.