work together relatively well. There are some connection issues, but they don't seem to be a big problem. I've recently used gnomemeeting to connect to Polycom videoconfernece units and had success, except with the Polycom FX model. Gnomemeeting will work from behind a basic NAT with no problem. Net Meeting doesn't seem to work with a NAT though, but it sounds like you've got control of that sort of thing internally. I've used GM with a WinTV Go card and a logitech quickcam. I have an odd problem with it trying to load up two copies of itself under Mandrake 9.1 right now, but I haven't really put a lot of time into fixing it so far.
I used to think all the videoconferencing stuff was just geek love, but after working with it over the last couple weeks, I think it really does add something useful to the interaction.
My real problem with any kind of teleconferencing over the internet is getting though a NAT firewall. While I may be able to set up my system to take care of it fairly easily, I can't really expect most of my clients to be willing to go to the trouble, even if they are capable of it. Most IT departments at the larger companies I work with don't return calls related to internal firewall issues, even if the call is from an employee. I'd love to hear of solutions to this problem from anyone with experience, as I can see many uses for this in my line of work, assuming it is easy for my clients.
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work together relatively well. There are some connection issues, but they don't seem to be a big problem. I've recently used gnomemeeting to connect to Polycom videoconfernece units and had success, except with the Polycom FX model. Gnomemeeting will work from behind a basic NAT with no problem. Net Meeting doesn't seem to work with a NAT though, but it sounds like you've got control of that sort of thing internally. I've used GM with a WinTV Go card and a logitech quickcam. I have an odd problem with it trying to load up two copies of itself under Mandrake 9.1 right now, but I haven't really put a lot of time into fixing it so far.
I used to think all the videoconferencing stuff was just geek love, but after working with it over the last couple weeks, I think it really does add something useful to the interaction.
My real problem with any kind of teleconferencing over the internet is getting though a NAT firewall. While I may be able to set up my system to take care of it fairly easily, I can't really expect most of my clients to be willing to go to the trouble, even if they are capable of it. Most IT departments at the larger companies I work with don't return calls related to internal firewall issues, even if the call is from an employee. I'd love to hear of solutions to this problem from anyone with experience, as I can see many uses for this in my line of work, assuming it is easy for my clients.