Re: [GnomeMeeting-list] Video loss when connecting via 2 Linksys routers

[Damien Sandras <dsandras seconix com>]

I suggest you to run GM with --debug=3 and see what happens really.

No the problem is not normal...

Le lun 28/04/2003 à 17:58, Kenneth R. van Wyk a écrit :
> Gnomemeeting users:
> 
> I'm running gnomemeeting 0.96.4 on a Debian system (core is Woody, but with 
> Sid extensions for KDE, gnomemeeting, etc.).  My connection is via a Linksys 
> 4 port router to a cable modem network (Cox).  I open the ports on the router 
> to allow an inbound connection when I want to conduct a video conference with 
> someone.  That part works great.  I've successfully conducted dozens of 
> connections between this system and various gnomemeeting and netmeeting 
> clients.
> 
> However, when I connect to another (nearly identically configured) 
> linux/gnomemeeting system that is also using a Linksys router, with the same 
> ports open, I have a problem.  Video and audio opens up just fine and 
> continues for anywhere from 10 seconds (or so) to as much as 5 minutes, at 
> which time the video feed gets dropped.  Both sides are still transmitting 
> video, but both sides lose their inbound video from the remote side.
> 
> This happens consistently when connecting Linksys to Linksys with 
> gnomemeeting.  If I move my camera over to a Win2k box and try it there over 
> the same network, all is well.  Video on my end continues ad infinitum, but 
> the remote gnomemeeting end still sees the video drop after about the same 
> amount of time.
> 
> This appears to me to be a gnomemeeting or perhaps openh323 problem.  I am 
> going to test the same setup using ohphone on top of openh323 to see if the 
> problem remains or not, thereby determining if it is in openh323 or 
> gnomemeeting itself.
> 
> Before I do that, though, I wanted to see if anyone else here has seen the 
> same problem?  I've gone back through the archives pretty extensively and 
> looked for others experiencing video locking problems.  Although I found 
> several threads that described identical behavior, I couldn't find any 
> authoritative solution/closure to the problems.
> 
> Any suggestions?  Is this a known bug?  Am I doing something wrong?  BTW, both 
> ends of the linksys/linksys connection are using Logitech Quickcam Pro 4000 
> cameras with the pwc/pwcx drivers on 2.4.21-pre5 or -pre6 kernels.  The 
> cameras and drivers appear to be working flawlessly.
> 
> Cheers,
> 
> Ken van Wyk
> 
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