Who does what?

[Lisa Kachold]

Hey Larry,

See my comments below:

On Sat, Apr 30, 2011 at 9:50 PM, Dazed_75 <lthielster at gmail.com> wrote:

> Thanks Lisa,
>
> I had looked at most of those references, but your link:
>
> http://code.google.com/p/bigbluebutton/issues/detail?id=785&q=tunneling&colspec=ID%20Type%20Status%20Priority%20Milestone%20Owner%20Component%20Summary
>  to Issue 785 (and specifically comment 12) seems the most definitive
> answer.  It also contains a link to a purported workaround:
> http://sourceforge.net/p/rtmp2rtmpt/home/ which I cannot try as I am now
> at home (where the port is not blocked).
>
> I can't get this R5U870 webcam to work right with Flash anyway.  It works
> fine with Cheese, but ...
>

Do you have the right drivers?

http://www.arakhne.org/ricoh/index.html


>
> Anyway, Thanks again.
>
>
> On Sat, Apr 30, 2011 at 9:14 PM, Lisa Kachold <lisakachold at obnosis.com>wrote:
>
>> Hi Larry,
>>
>> On Sat, Apr 30, 2011 at 8:49 PM, Dazed_75 <lthielster at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>> AZloco has set up a BigBlueButton ( http://bigbluebutton.org/ ) server (
>>> http://azlocobbb.banditti.com/ ).
>>
>>
>> Kewl toyz!
>>
>>
>>> When we try to use it from a browser in linux at locations like ASU, UAT
>>> where they block some traffic, we sometimes get disconnected or worse.
>>> However, when we do the same thing from a browser in Windows (e.g. Firefox
>>> in both OSes), everything works fine.  I found this:
>>>
>>> What ports must be open for external users to connect to BigBluebutton?
>>>>
>>>> These ports are 80 (HTTP), 9123 (Desktop Sharing), and 1935 (RTMP).
>>>> These ports are all TCP ports.
>>>> Does BigBlueButon support tunneling?
>>>>
>>>> Yes. If a remote user is unable to connect to port 1935, which typically
>>>> occurs when a remote user's corporate firewall blocks external access to all
>>>> other ports except port 80, then their BigBlueButton client will fail to
>>>> connect to port 1935 and, after about ten seconds, fall back to tunneling
>>>> through port 80.
>>>>
>>> on
>>> http://code.google.com/p/bigbluebutton/wiki/FAQ#What_ports_must_be_open_for_external_users_to_connect_to_BigBlue
>>>
>>> so it would seem the "client" falling back to tunneling through port 80
>>> happens from windows but not from Linux.  Maybe I am misreading this, but
>>> can anyone enlighten me and/or provide a solution?
>>>
>> There are various issues with BigBlueButton API, flash and connecting via
>> port 80 tunnels that are handled differently from windows, mac and linux.
>>
>> Each must be investigated via case by case basis (or the devil is in the
>> details).
>>
>> The best place to research and troubleshoot this might be:
>>
>> The BigBlueButton community focuses its support in three mailing lists
>> (all hosted by Google Groups). They are:
>>
>>    - bigbluebutton-setup<http://groups.google.com/group/bigbluebutton-setup/topics?gvc=2>-- Setup, instllation, and configuration questions, such as "How do I
>>    configure the BigBlueButton client?"
>>    - bigbluebutton-users<http://groups.google.com/group/bigbluebutton-users/topics?gvc=2>-- End user questions, such as "How do I do X with BigBlueButton?"
>>    - bigbluebutton-dev <http://groups.google.com/group/bigbluebutton-dev>-- All other questions, such as "How do I integration BigBlueButton with
>>    application Y?"
>>
>> The developer mailing list has almost 700 users, so before you post do the
>> following:
>>
>>    1. Scan the FAQ to see if you questions is answered herein
>>    2. Search the archives of the associated mailing list -- there's a
>>    good chance someone might have already asked your question and the ensuing
>>    discussion might help you as well
>>    3. If you think you've found a bug, check the issues database<http://code.google.com/p/bigbluebutton/issues/list>first.
>>
>> ...end excerpt...
>>
>> With that said, see:
>>
>> Issue 785 which refers to flash reconnecting repeatedly under windows:  *
>> http://code.google.com/p/bigbluebutton/issues/detail?id=785*
>> Release Notes:  http://code.google.com/p/bigbluebutton/wiki/ReleaseNotes
>> What version are you running of the API?  Many port 80 tunnel issues were
>> repaired in the later versions.  They recommend to update to 10.10 under
>> Ubuntu.
>>
>> For each issue, you need to report the version of the API, the client OS
>> (Ubuntu?) and Firefox version (on the list or groups at Google)....
>>
>> Use the source young Jedi nights....
>>
>>>
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