Just a brief report: I've been running GnuGK 2.2.7 (from PacPhone Website) for the past few days on Vista. So far, I haven't found anything about it that doesn't work on Vista. I'm not GnuGK wizard, so it's definitely possible that I haven't used the affected features! I did have to run the installer in XP compatibility mode (but not the executable); also I haven't tried out the "install as a service" option, since I tend to do that manually. In case it is relevant, I do have Visual Studio 2005 installed, so there are probably some runtimes etc. that aren't usually on Vista. Also, (Vista) firewall off for the moment but UAC is ON. Cheers, --Paul Paul E. Garstki paul@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx "I'm Paul Garstki, and I approve this message." -----Original Message----- From: openh323gk-users-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:openh323gk-users-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of openh323gk-users-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Sent: Sunday, March 30, 2008 3:12 PM To: openh323gk-users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: Openh323gk-users Digest, Vol 22, Issue 23 Send Openh323gk-users mailing list submissions to openh323gk-users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/openh323gk-users or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to openh323gk-users-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx You can reach the person managing the list at openh323gk-users-owner@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific than "Re: Contents of Openh323gk-users digest..." Today's Topics: 1. Re: Proxy Mode to traverse firewalls (Simon Horne) 2. PacPhone 2.0.2 Release (Simon Horne) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Message: 1 Date: Sun, 30 Mar 2008 10:17:03 +1000 From: "Simon Horne" <s.horne@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Subject: Re: Proxy Mode to traverse firewalls To: "GNU Gatekeeper Users" <openh323gk-users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Message-ID: <HMEALEJAJAENGPFECHEMGEOBCCAA.s.horne@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" -----Original Message----- From: openh323gk-users-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:openh323gk-users-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of Simon Horne Sent: Friday, March 28, 2008 8:40 AM To: GNU Gatekeeper Users Subject: Re: Proxy Mode to traverse firewalls There has been some movement to add H.460.18/19 to GnuGk. PacPhone now supports H.460.18/19 and is totally Free. It also supports GnuGk NAT method so you can NAT traverse if you are registered to either GnuGk or Tandberg/Polycom/Radvision but more importantly it contains P2Pnat Media which allow the H.460.18/19 calls to avoid the need to proxy media which makes it a lot more scalable. This will be a part of GnuGk v2.2.8 and will also work with GnuGk NAT method. If you have a windows box (not vista) then there is a GnuGk version with the technology on the PacPhone website. I will be merging P2Pnat Media to the GnuGk CVS head after the v2.2.7 release. Technical Info on P2Pnat Media can be found here. It is currently working its way though the ITU at the moment. http://www.pacphone.com/p2pnat.html Simon -----Original Message----- From: openh323gk-users-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:openh323gk-users-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of Paul E. Garstki Sent: Friday, March 28, 2008 7:23 AM To: openh323gk-users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: Re: Proxy Mode to traverse firewalls Hello Andrew, I'm managing a VC network of almost 70 public high schools, all with legacy Polycom Viewstations, and with every imaginable firewall, connecting from all over the state via Internet. I'm doing almost exactly what you are asking about (If you look at the mailing list posting before yours' you'll also see some of what I'm not succeeding at) in the testing phase. I think I may already have a working configuration for what you want. Drop me an email and we can exchange phone #. GnuGK has its own firewall traversal, and it works very well in the most common situations (at least in my experience). It's related to the H.460.18/19 approach that the V2IU as well as the Tandberg and Radvision solutions support, but it's not the same. (But you may want to look up some of Simon Horne's posts on this list to see the status of H.460 in H323plus and GnuGK development). It also proxies (which is important) and neighbors well (which helps in a situation like yours and mine, with one central phone number database). The problem with those commercial solutions for us is the licensing sucks: Polycom lets you use any number of clients up to the bandwidth of the unit, but doesn't give you a software client for old non-H.460 endpoints. Radvision gives you a software client but charges too much per user (for our situation - we occasionally have 50+ schools in a call). Hope I can be of some help, --Paul Paul E. Garstki paul@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx "I'm Paul Garstki, and I approve this message." -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... ------------------------------ Message: 2 Date: Sun, 30 Mar 2008 10:33:22 +1000 From: "Simon Horne" <s.horne@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Subject: PacPhone 2.0.2 Release To: "GNU Gatekeeper Users" <openh323gk-users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Message-ID: <HMEALEJAJAENGPFECHEMOEOBCCAA.s.horne@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" PacPhone 2.0.2 has been released. PacPhone 2.0.0 was a bit of a false start. PacPhone is now capable of both H.460.18/19 and GnuGk NAT Traversal. It is strongly suggested you use GnuGk v2.2.7 as it contains important fixes for GnuGk NAT including same NAT detection fix. Interesting to test the call establishment time differences between H.460.18/19 and GnuGk NAT. It's like night and day. It is my opinion having implemented both methods the GnuGk is still the more efficient with the least amount of call establishment delay. Simon ------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Check out the new SourceForge.net Marketplace. It's the best place to buy or sell services for just about anything Open Source. http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;164216239;13503038;w?http://sf.net/marketplace ------------------------------ _______________________________________________ Openh323gk-users mailing list Openh323gk-users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/openh323gk-users End of Openh323gk-users Digest, Vol 22, Issue 23 ************************************************ ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Check out the new SourceForge.net Marketplace. 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