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

[Timothée Lecomte <timothee lecomte ens fr>]

Damien Sandras wrote:

> Le mercredi 13 avril 2005 à 18:13 +0000, Timothée Lecomte a écrit :
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> > Damien Sandras wrote:
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> > > Le mercredi 13 avril 2005 à 13:24 +0000, Timothée Lecomte a écrit :
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> > > > > 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."
> >
> >    
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> 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 ;)
>  
Ok !
Thanks for your great work !

Timothée Lecomte