[AG-USERS] unicas question
Jennifer Teig von Hoffman
jtvh at bu.edu
Tue Jan 18 07:44:02 CST 2005
Hi Dio,
Dioselin Gonzalez wrote:
> Hello everybody,
>
> We are working on a distance learning project and we would like to use
> AG. One of the concerns is we want students to be able to attend class
> from home, where usually we don't have multicast. I've been reading
> the documentation about bridges and the unicast option in the venue
> client.
> I have tried using this option at home and connect to the Argonne
> bridge, but yet I can't attend meetings from home. What am I missing?
> Would anybody point me out to what it takes to use unicast ?
I'm not a networking person, but my hunch is it's either a blocked
port(s), or your traffic is going through a NAT router (which translates
addresses in a way that interferes with AG).
> Another question: from what I've read, using unicast would allow users
> to start the media tools, but not the shared apps. Is this correct?
Depends on the shared app. I believe many shared apps use unicast natively.
- Jennifer
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