NetMeeting – How To Setup

The basic NetMeeting tutorial with its functionalities and capabilities is given at

http://www.microsoft.com/windows/netmeeting/features/default.asp

The information required to setup NetMeeting is given at:

http://www.nll.co.uk/netmeeting/setting.shtml

Problems with NetMeeting occur usually when the two people are behind firewalls. Since various firewalls have various properties, you will need to check with your system administrator for getting NetMeeting to work.

When you use NetMeeting to call other users over the Internet, several IP ports are required to establish the outbound connection. The following table shows the ports, their functions, and the resulting connection.

Port Function Outbound Connection
389 Internet Locator Service (ILS) TCP
522 User Location Service TCP
1503 T.120 TCP
1720 H.323 call setup TCP
1731 Audio call control TCP
Dynamic H.323 call control TCP
Dynamic H.323 streaming Real-Time Transfer Protocol (RTP) over UDP

If you use a firewall to connect to the Internet, it must be configured so that the IP ports are not blocked.

More information on configuration with firewalls is available at:

http://www.microsoft.com/windows/NetMeeting/Corp/reskit/Chapter4/default.asp

http://www.homenethelp.com/help/netmeeting-router.asp

http://www.ddug.org/netmeeting_firewall.html