Re: [GnomeMeeting-list] GM without forwarding any port

[Damien Sandras <dsandras seconix com>]

Le mercredi 13 avril 2005 à 18:13 +0000, Timothée Lecomte a écrit :
> Damien Sandras wrote:
> 
> > Le mercredi 13 avril 2005 à 13:24 +0000, Timothée Lecomte a écrit :
> >
> >>> Only *you* will be able to call them, because your port listening for
> >>> incoming calls won't be reachable from the outside.
> >>>
> >> So the FAQ formulation is not really relevant :
> >>
> >> "If you are using GnomeMeeting 1.2, and are calling a GnomeMeeting 1.2
> >> user, only one of the 2 GnomeMeeting users needs to be configured to
> >> go through NAT. The configured GnomeMeeting user will transparently
> >> help the non-configured one to go through the NAT router. However, it 
> >> is recommended that both sides are configured."
> >
> >
> > The FAQ doesn't tell you will magically be able to receive incoming
> > calls, it just tells that the calls you will place will be able to go
> > through.
> 
> I understand. It is the word "call" that is ambiguous. Why not 
> explaining like it :
> 
> "If you are using GnomeMeeting 1.2, and are calling a GnomeMeeting 1.2 
> user, only one of the 2 GnomeMeeting users needs to be configured to go 
> through NAT. The configured GnomeMeeting user will transparently help 
> the non-configured one to go through the NAT router. However, the 
> non-configured GnomeMeeting user won't be able to receive calls, so it 
> is recommended that both sides are configured."
> 

I'll rework that. Actually it is still ambiguous. You can receive calls
if one port is forwarded, without the need to configure the rest. A bit
hard to explain ;)
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