5xp also supports vpn --- only 10 users by default, but that is the easiest and the most secure way to have netmeeting with out a server.
cheers, igor' ----- Original Message ----- From: "Sarbjit Singh Gill" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Rick Darsey" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, December 12, 2002 5:58 AM Subject: RE: NetScreen XP and NetMeeting > Greetings and thanks for the reply. > > > To give you folks some more details: > > The NetScreen 5XP does not support a DMZ:Only trusted and untrusted > interfaces. > > I have a ADSL router/modem. There is no NetMeeting server. What my client > would like to do is use the built-in netmeeting client in Windows to > "chat/talk(audio)/see(video)/remote control/share application with another > person on the internet with similar software. I believe this no-server > scenario can hold up 20 people in a single chat session. It is similar when > one stars the netmeeting from MSN Messenger. > > Cheers > > Gill > > -----Original Message----- > From: Rick Darsey [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Thursday, December 12, 2002 9:49 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: RE: NetScreen XP and NetMeeting > > > Gill, > > > What is the layout of your network. Do you have a router and a firewall, or > is the router acting as the firewall. If you have both, would it be possible > to place the Netmeeting server outside of the firewall, between it and the > router? Depending on the type of OS, ie Windows 2000 server, etc., there > are some filtering capabilities within the OS that will let you limit the > traffic to the server. > > Just an idea. > > Rick > > -----Original Message----- > From: Sarbjit Singh Gill [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Wednesday, December 11, 2002 5:19 PM > To: Rick Darsey > Subject: RE: NetScreen XP and NetMeeting > > > Greetings Rick, > > The NS XP does not support a DMZ. > > Gill > > -----Original Message----- > From: Rick Darsey [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Thursday, December 12, 2002 6:22 AM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: RE: NetScreen XP and NetMeeting > > > I would think you could setup the NetMeeting server in a DMZ zone outside of > the firewall, and then turn on keep state on the firewall to allow users > within the LAN to connect, but I am not sure about the keep state part. > > Rick Darsey > > -----Original Message----- > From: Sarbjit Singh Gill [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Wednesday, December 11, 2002 1:37 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: NetScreen XP and NetMeeting > > > Greetings, > > As the subject goes, i need to get net meeting to work via NetScreen. I > found a KB > article(http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;158623) but > it seems to show, i had to open a whole range of ports. I am skeptical about > that! > > e.g.. > Pass through primary TCP connections on ports 522, 389, 1503, 1720 and 1731. > Pass through secondary UDP connections on dynamically assigned ports > (1024-65535). > > the above shows a whole range of ports that i have to open. Is there a work > around. > > Kind Regards > Gill > > >
