Re: [GnomeMeeting-list] Gatekeeper rejecting calls due to excessive BW request

[Damien Sandras <dsandras seconix com>]

Le mar 05/04/2005 à 17:31, Kevin Oberman a écrit :
> > From: Damien Sandras <dsandras seconix com>
> > Date: Sun, 03 Apr 2005 14:00:03 +0200
> > Sender: gnomemeeting-list-bounces gnome org
> > 
> > Le vendredi 01 avril 2005 à 08:40 -0800, Kevin Oberman a écrit :
> > > I am running GM 1.2.1 on FreeBSD on openh323 1.15.3 and pwlib 1.8.4.
> > > 
> > > Last week our conferencing folks restricted the allowable bandwidth on
> > > call and now GM is unable to connect.
> > > 
> > > When I turn on debug I always see a request of "bandWidth =
> > > 100000". This is unchanged regardless of whether I reduce the bandwith
> > > in preferences (Video Codecs) or even if video transmission is disabled.
> > > Is this expected and is there any way to get the system to request a
> > > smaller bandwidth?
> > > 
> > 
> > Indeed, GnomeMeeting doesn't permit to change the bandwidth requested to
> > the gatekeeper, it is using the default value of openh323 which is 100
> > 000.
> > 
> > You can change that by adding "SetInitialBandwidth (your_value)" in the
> > Init method of the class defined in endpoint.cpp, in GnomeMeeting and
> > recompile.
> > 
> > > According to the system administrator, calls of over 768 kbps are
> > > rejected. If I am correct that bandwidth is in units of 1000 bps, 100000
> > > would mean 100 Mbps, way too much and far more than needed. Windows
> > > based clients (usually Polycom ViaVideo) work fine.
> > 
> > It is in units of 100bps, so the default value is 10Mbps which sounds
> > reasonable for a LAN.
> 
> Damien,
> 
> Thanks! That took care of it. I am now able to access the MCU again.
> 

good!

> It would be a very good idea to have some have some way to set this
> without re-compiling the code. I always have to build from sources since
> I am patching for FreeBSD, but those who normally run with RPMs would
> probably be rather intimidated by having to compile stuff.
> 

indeed.

> GnomeMeeting is the only H.323 client I have run into that lacks the
> ability to set the requested bandwidth. (Of course, other than this,
> it's the best one, so I'll keep using it.)

I will add this option in the OPAL branch (which doesn't support video
yet). There shouldn't be any openh323 release anymore.
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