Re: [GnomeMeeting-list] GnomeMeeting <-> Firewall <-> PSTN <-> Telephone. HELP

[Damien Sandras <sandras student info ucl ac be>]

I would suggest you to use a gatekeeper in your case.
You can look at the FAQ, there are some info about the gatekeeper that can
be configured to run as a proxy and proxy media streams.

It should work easily :)

On Fri, 23 Aug 2002, Shane Helms wrote:

> Hi guys,
> 
> I hope someone can help me here.
> 
> We have a PSTN gateway setup back home, which allows me to call normal
> telephone handsets, using an internet connection through this gateway.
> 
> As you know, negotiotation first starts on port 1720, and then audio is
> transfered on a randomly assigned port from 5000 upwards !!
> 
> Now the problem is that i'm located behind college's firewall, so don't have
> any of those ports open, however, I do have user access to proxy machines
> which obviously have full open port access. And it seems I should setup a
> gateway or H323 proxy on those machines.
> 
> As a side note: I tried using SOCKS v.5 proxy as a H323 proxy, and it's half
> successful (ie I can hear them, but they can't hear me !!)
> 
> Now, I'm trying to use phonepatch as a H323 gateway on proxy machines, but
> so far have had no luck. Can anyone suggest a solution ?? does anyone know
> of a good H323 proxy software ?? (remember, I only have user access on those
> machines, and they are FreeBSD x86 and Solaris Sparc machines)
> 
> I'd greatly appreciate if someone can give me a hand on this, so that I can
> talk to home over internet rather than paying 5 euro a minute telephone
> charges ;-)
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> Shane Helms
> 
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