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Video Conferencing Behind a Firewall?

Posted by Cliff on from the seeking-an-option-that-use-less-ports dept.

JShadow21 asks: "I work at a research lab at a hospital. We want to collaborate with colleagues across the pond via video conferencing however the firewall here is very restrictive. There are way too many ports that needed to be opened for H.323 to work so the IT guys won't do that. What alternatives are there? I was considering using an SSH proxy in order to use Netmeeting, or else possibly a web based solution."

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  1. Dedicated VPN/video server by n1ywb · · Score: 3, Interesting

    Select a machine somewhere to be a dedicated video conference server and have everybody VPN into that machine. Then all those crazy h.whatever ports should be fine.

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