Thanks for the warm words Tharrrk :)

I personally prefer Ubuntu
I have difficulties with CentOS in document converters, firewall etc.
:))


On Fri, Aug 11, 2017 at 2:43 AM, <thar...@tharrrk.net> wrote:

> Richard,
>
> The problem (probably) is that you either...
> a) don't have a public IP at all (your ISP is doing NAT=network address
> translation) and in that case you will never get it working from public
> internet;
> b) have a public IP assigned to router but don't have NAT enabled on your
> router. In that case you will have to set up a DNAT rules (if your router
> is able to do so) for every single port that OM requires, or just put a
> range 80-65535. At that very moment your "server" (did you mentioned
> windows?) is exposed to any attack from the internet. You may still be
> unable to access "yourself" over the public IP, due to some limitations in
> routing. You may also have an option to put your local ip (192....) into
> so-called DMZ, which basically does the same.
>
> Please read the basic docs for example here: http://whatismyipaddress.com/
> nat
>
> --- do not read below if you are not interested in personal opinions ---
>
> Anyway, you may still be limited by your internet connection upload speed
> and even if OM would finally work for you it may be hardly usable or would
> be a pain in the "S" for the invited.
>
> My best recommendation would be to invest few bucks and use VPS. Install
> the best tested OS (which one would you recommend btw @Maxim ? :) CentOS?
> Ubuntu Server LTS?), follow instructions step by step (
> https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/OPENMEETINGS/Tutorials+for+
> installing+OpenMeetings+and+Tools) and YOU ARE DONE IN 30 MINUTES.
>
> I've done so and I'm so happy now. I don't use OM for commercial interest
> but my time spent on setup, amount of hair that would be missing on my
> head, possible divorce and loosing a job for not sleeping at all could
> hardly be compared to 3,5 EURO PER MONTH I pay for VPS. Everything else is
> FREE. I don't want to make any advertisements here but I use the very basic
> one (1x2,4GHz, 2GB RAM, 10GB SSD) from a company which name is 3-letters
> long, the first one looks like zero, the last one is H and the middle one
> looks like backslash and forward slash glued together :D
>
> And - what is the best for you in this case - you will LEARN A LOT OF NEW
> THINGS during some time! :)
> All the best and wish you good luck!!!
>
> PS: Maxim + the rest of OM team, you have my deepest sympathies, I admire
> your great work for this project!!!
>
> --- end of emotional block, LOL ---
>
> Best regards
> Tharrrk
>
> On 10.8.2017 05:33, Maxim Solodovnik wrote:
>
> Unfortunately this is the only first step
>
> IP address 192.*** is the address of your local network (created for you
> by your router)
> You have skipped the steps:
> 1) go to you router settings (router web interface, most probably
> available at 192.168.1.1)
> 2) find your external IP
>
> Check OM is accessible via this IP
> If not your WiFi router blocks incoming connections on port 80/1935
>
>
> On Thu, Aug 10, 2017 at 10:53 AM, Richard Pérez <
> traductorchi...@yahoo.co.uk> wrote:
>
>>
>> ¡¡¡GENIUS!!!!  :)  :) :) :)
>>
>> That did it, at least from my laptop.  Tomorrow I'll try connecting to my
>> son's computer in another venue.
>>
>> http://www.nirsoft.net/show_my_ip_address.php
>> whatismyipaddress.com
>> https://www.iplocation.net/find-ip-address
>> https://www.whatismyip.com
>> And my ISP speed tester all had the same IP, giving no connection.
>>
>> IPv4 gave a different IP starting with 192.....
>> so, http://192......IP:5080/openmeetings opens the login page in my
>> laptop
>> and takes the visitor to his dashboard.
>> Changing
>> application.base.url    to http://192......IP:5080/openmeetings/
>> sent a link which takes my visitor directly to the room.
>>
>> Maximus Maxim:
>> As my IP changes each day, or about, do I have to check IPv4, and use it
>> for invitations at each change?
>> What if I send the link to enter some days before the meeting and the IP/
>> IPv4 is different the day of the meeting?
>> Or does this mean I should tweak something else so IP is the same as IPv4?
>>
>> I don't know what time it is where you are, but I'm going to sleep now.
>> And I won't need Cate Blanchet to sleep like a log.
>>
>> A million thanks.
>>
>>
>> Richard
>>
>>
>>
>> --------------------------------------------
>> On Wed, 9/8/17, Maxim Solodovnik <solomax...@gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>  Subject: Re: help configuration smtp server
>>  To: "Openmeetings user-list" <user@openmeetings.apache.org>, "Richard
>> Pérez" <traductorchi...@yahoo.co.uk>
>>  Date: Wednesday, 9 August, 2017, 21:50
>>
>>  It seems
>>  your "181.myIP" is not your IP address :(
>>  additional checks:1) run
>>  cmd.exe2) type ipconfig /all3) find
>>  your IPv4 IPcheck OM is accessible via your IPv4
>>  IP from step 3
>>  if it
>>  is not accessible you have to check your Windows
>>  settingsIf it is accessible1) go to
>>  router settings2) find your external
>>  IP 3) go to http://www.nirsoft.net/show_my_ip_address.php
>>  (or some other service) 4) check IPs are the
>>  samecheck OM is accessible via your external IP
>>  from step 3
>>
>>  PS do not change OM config, it is
>>  for email sending and some other internal
>>  stuff.
>>  On Thu, Aug 10, 2017 at
>>  3:46 AM, Richard Pérez <traductorchi...@yahoo.co.uk>
>>  wrote:
>>  Hello
>>  Maxim:
>>
>>
>>
>>  I have a Windows 10 computer (originally 8.1 forced into
>>  Win10) about 1 year old.  64 bits, 3.0 GHz, 2,0 GB RAM,
>>  After installing Win10 it has got slow (some programs get so
>>  slow I have to restart the computer to get things back to
>>  "normal").  Chrome is permanently getting stuck,
>>  goes on and on and gets nowhere.  My antivirus says my
>>  startup needs a clean up, too much Sh** moving about in the
>>  background and if a pay so much they'll clean it up.  I
>>  have a Windows XP Laptop, 2.0 GHz, 1.87 GB RAM, 64x2 mobile,
>>  where Word opens immediately, my antivirus has never told me
>>  he needs to clean up anything and I don't know if it has
>>  any other of the issues because I don't use it connected
>>  to the Internet except for very specific uses because
>>  Microsoft doesn't support it anymore (and no one else
>>  for that case).  Maybe I'll be throwing this Microsoft
>>  10th bum out of the Window's.  Maybe it's this
>>  Windows the cause I can't connect due to some
>>  configuration intruding where it shouldn't.
>>
>>
>>
>>  I have done the tests following your questions.  This is
>>  what I've got.  I'd love to know if anyone using
>>  Windows 10 has been able to get Openmeetings running past
>>  this point.
>>
>>
>>
>>  Case 1)
>>
>>  a) I changed port 5080 for port 80 in:
>>  \conf\red5.properties and
>>  \webapps\openmeetings\public\ config.xml
>>
>>
>>
>>  b) I double clicked on red5.bat to run red5.
>>
>>
>>
>>  c) I put:
>>
>>  were you able to open
>>
>>  http://localhost:80/
>>  openmeetings from same machine?  > YES, I get into
>>  the dashboard
>>
>>  http://ext_ip:80/openmeetings
>>  from same machine?       > NO, Access Error: 404 --
>>  Not Found
>>
>>  http://ext_ip:80/openmeetings
>>  from external machine?  > NO, Access Error: 404 -- Not
>>  Found
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>  Case 2)
>>
>>  In Windows 10: Control Panel (Panel de Control) > Windows
>>  Firewall (Firewall de Windows) > Advanced Settings
>>  (Configuración Avanzada) > Entry Rules (Reglas de
>>  Entrada)
>>
>>  Port 80 seems to be open (tell me if you want to see the
>>  Exported file with Entry Rules – I don’t understand all
>>  the details but port 80 is there).  I also created new
>>  rules for ports: TCP 5080, UDP 5080, TCP 1935, TCP 8443, TCP
>>  8088, TCP 8081 allowing connection from Domain, Private and
>>  Public.
>>
>>
>>
>>  Having all this supposedly open (and port 5080 in:
>>  \conf\red5.properties and
>>  \webapps\openmeetings\public\ config.xml), I
>>  have disabled Windows Firewall (Private and Public): I run
>>  red5 and once activated I open Chrome and paste the
>>  links:
>>
>>  were you able to open
>>
>>  http://localhost:5080/
>>  openmeetings from same machine? > YES, I get into the
>>  dashboard
>>
>>  http://ext_ip:5080/
>>  openmeetings from same machine?      > NO,
>>  ERR_CONNECTION_TIMED_OUT
>>
>>
>>
>>    (in Chrome), INET_E_RESOURCE_NOT_FOUND (in IE)
>>
>>  http://ext_ip:5080/
>>  openmeetings from external machine? > NO,
>>  ERR_CONNECTION_TIMED_OUT
>>
>>
>>
>>  I disable my antivirus:
>>
>>  In the three cases I get the same responses.
>>
>>
>>
>>  ------------------------------
>>  ------------------------------ ---
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>  Details of Case 1 procedure:
>>
>>  http://localhost:80/
>>  openmeetings > transforms to
>>
>>  http://localhost/openmeetings
>>  in the browser > takes to OM’s login page
>>
>>  I enter > http://localhost/openmeetings/
>>  #user/dashboard
>>
>>  I go to > Administration > Configuration
>>
>>  Where I have the following data (left there from yesterday
>>  – my current IP is the same one)
>>
>>  application.base.url    http://181.myIP:5080/
>>  openmeetings/
>>
>>
>>
>>  In another Chrome window I enter:
>>
>>  http://181.myIP/openmeetings/
>>  > Access Error: 404 -- Not Found
>>
>>  http://181.myIP:80/
>>  openmeetings/ > Access Error: 404 -- Not Found
>>
>>  http://181.myIP:5080/
>>  openmeetings/ > ERR_CONNECTION_TIMED_OUT
>>
>>
>>
>>  I go to > Administration > Configuration
>>
>>  I change:
>>
>>  application.base.url    http://181.myIP:5080/
>>  openmeetings/
>>
>>  for
>>
>>  application.base.url    http://181.myIP:80/
>>  openmeetings/
>>
>>  I save, log out, close Chrome window, close red5 window.
>>
>>  I wait a few seconds, restart red5, open a Chrome window and
>>  paste in the browser:
>>
>>  http://localhost:80/
>>  openmeetings > transforms to
>>
>>  http://localhost/openmeetings
>>  in the browser > takes to OM’s login page
>>
>>  I enter > http://localhost/openmeetings/
>>  #user/dashboard
>>
>>
>>
>>  In another Chrome window I enter:
>>
>>  http://181.myIP/openmeetings/
>>  > Access Error: 404 -- Not Found
>>
>>  http://181.myIP:80/
>>  openmeetings/ > Access Error: 404 -- Not Found
>>
>>  http://181.myIP:5080/
>>  openmeetings/ > ERR_CONNECTION_TIMED_OUT
>>
>>
>>
>>  http://localhost:80/
>>  openmeetings > takes me directly to the Dashboard,
>>  even if in the other window I logged in with, I’m on
>>  another page (i.e. “Start”).
>>
>>
>>
>>  If I open an IE window and paste:
>>
>>  http://localhost:80/
>>  openmeetings > it takes me to the login page.
>>
>>  I created a user and logged in with this username and
>>  password.  It took me to the admin space, but with the name
>>  of the user.   Now I’m logged-in in Chrome and IE with
>>  two different users.
>>
>>  If I log-out with user 2, user 1 is still logged-in with
>>  Chrome.
>>
>>
>>
>>  In my Laptop (external machine?) connected to the router
>>  with a cable:
>>
>>  I open Chrome and paste: http://181.myIP:80/
>>  openmeetings > Access Error: 404 -- Not Found
>>
>>
>>
>>  ------------------------------
>>  ------------------------------ -------------
>>
>>
>>
>>  Thanks for your interest in my backache,
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>  Richard
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>  ------------------------------ --------------
>>
>>  On Wed, 9/8/17, Maxim Solodovnik <solomax...@gmail.com>
>>  wrote:
>>
>>
>>
>>   Subject: Re: help configuration smtp server
>>
>>   To: "Openmeetings user-list" <user@openmeetings.apache.org>
>>  , "Richard Pérez" <traductorchi...@yahoo.co.uk>
>>
>>   Date: Wednesday, 9 August, 2017, 3:36
>>
>>
>>
>>   I don't have
>>
>>   windows box right now, maybe someone else can help
>>
>>   Will try to provide some vectors of
>>
>>   investigation:0) please test one feature
>>
>>   only   so instead of set everything up, send
>>
>>   email, check link in the email   you need
>>
>>   to   try to access om in browser using your
>>
>>   external_ip/port
>>
>>   SMTP seems to work for you as expected
>>
>>   So right now it is
>>
>>   firewall problem
>>
>>   so1) you have changed port to
>>
>>   be 80 in red5.properties    have you restarted
>>
>>   OM    does it
>>
>>   started without errors?    were you able to open
>>
>>   http://localhost:80/
>>  openmeetings
>>
>>   from same machine?    were you able to open
>>
>>   http://ext_ip:80/openmeetings
>>
>>   from same machine?
>>
>>       were you able to open
>>
>>   http://ext_ip:80/openmeetings
>>
>>   from external machine?
>>
>>
>>
>>   2) you
>>
>>   have opened port on Windows FW/Disabled FW    were you
>>  able to open
>>
>>   http://localhost:5080/
>>  openmeetings
>>
>>   from same machine?    were you able to open
>>
>>   http://ext_ip:5080/
>>  openmeetings
>>
>>   from same machine?    were you able to open
>>
>>   http://ext_ip:5080/
>>  openmeetings
>>
>>   from external machine?
>>
>>   problems like this should be solved step by step
>>
>>   ....
>>
>>
>>
>>   On Wed, Aug 9,
>>
>>   2017 at 12:17 AM, Richard Pérez <traductorchi...@yahoo.co.uk>
>>
>>   wrote:
>>
>>   Hello Maxim:
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>   I still can’t get by the Timed-Out Connection…
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>   Things done:
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>   In Windows 10: Control Panel (Panel de Control) >
>>  Windows
>>
>>   Firewall (Firewall de Windows) > Advanced Settings
>>
>>   (Configuración Avanzada) > Entry Rules (Reglas de
>>
>>   Entrada)
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>   1) I exported all the data and found the ports I
>>  understand
>>
>>   are open are:
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>   Local Ports: 68, 80, 135, 137, 138, 139, 162, 443, 445,
>>  546,
>>
>>   1701, 1723, 1900, 2177, 2869, 3390, 3540, 3587, 3702,
>>  5353,
>>
>>   5355, 5357, 5358, 5985, 7235, 7250, 7680, 9955, 10243,
>>
>>   10244, 10245, 10246, 10247, 23555
>>
>>
>>
>>   554, 8554, 8555, 8556, 8557, 8558 (Media Center Extenders
>>  -
>>
>>   RTSP (TCP de entrada))
>>
>>
>>
>>   7777, 7778, 7779, 7780, 7781, 5004, 5005, 50004, 50005,
>>
>>   50006, 50007, 50008, 50009, 50010, 50011, 50012, 50013
>>
>>   (Media Center Extenders - WMDRM-ND/RTP/RTCP (UDP de
>>
>>   entrada))
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>   Remote Ports:
>>
>>
>>
>>   67     (UDP; Program:
>>
>>   %SystemRoot%\system32\svchost. exe)
>>
>>
>>
>>   547   (UDP; Program:
>>
>>   %SystemRoot%\system32\svchost. exe)
>>
>>
>>
>>   7235 (UDP; Program:
>>  %systemroot%\system32\svchost.
>>
>>   exe)
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>   2) As port 80 seems to be open, I changed port 5080 for
>>  port
>>
>>   80 in: \conf\red5.properties and
>>
>>   \webapps\openmeetings\public\
>>  config.xml
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>   And in red5’s frontend configuration:
>>
>>
>>
>>   application.base.url    http://181.myIP:80/
>>
>>   openmeetings/
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>   This worked for someone else, not for me.
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>   In “\conf\red5.properties” I had:
>>
>>
>>
>>   # HTTP
>>
>>
>>
>>   http.host=0.0.0.0
>>
>>
>>
>>   http.port=5080
>>
>>
>>
>>   https.port=5443
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>   I only changed “5080”, I did not edit the others.
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>   3) I created new ports, for: TCP 5080, UDP 5080, TCP
>>  1935,
>>
>>   TCP 8443, TCP 8088, TCP 8081
>>
>>
>>
>>   Allowing connection from Domain, Private and Public.
>>
>>
>>
>>   Control Panel (Panel de Control) > Windows Firewall
>>
>>   (Firewall de Windows) > Advanced Settings
>>  (Configuración
>>
>>   Avanzada) > Entry Rules (Reglas de Entrada) > New
>>  Rule
>>
>>   (Nueva Regla)
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>   This did not work.
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>   4) Angry now, I disabled the Windows Firewall
>>  altogether.
>>
>>    I also disabled my Antivirus completely.  I restarted
>>  my
>>
>>   Router.  I restarted my computer. I entered my new IP
>>  into
>>
>>   OpenMeetings settings and restarted red5 and
>>  OpenMeetings.
>>
>>   Checked my Gmail was allowing non secure Apps. Sent an
>>
>>   invitation without password to my Laptop connected to
>>  the
>>
>>   router by cable (it should have the same IP).
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>   This didn’t work. My laptop can’t enter the room.
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>   If this didn’t work, can’t one infer that my computer
>>  is
>>
>>   not firewalling entry?  Does this mean that the
>>  problem
>>
>>   either is in the Router (or my Internet service provider)
>>  or
>>
>>   something else not related to my computer?
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>   I’d much appreciate if anyone can tell me what else I
>>  can
>>
>>   do to find the problem.  Thanks.
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>   Richard
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>   --
>>
>>   WBR
>>
>>   Maxim aka solomax
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>  --
>>  WBR
>>  Maxim aka solomax
>>
>>
>
>
> --
> WBR
> Maxim aka solomax
>
>


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