Netmeeting Application Sharing; H.323 Video Calls With Netmeeting - Polycom ViewStation FX User Manual

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ViewStation FX/VS 4000 User's Guide
6. In the Address field, enter the IP address of the ViewStation FX
or VS4000 that is connected to your PC. For easy reference, the
IP address of the ViewStation FX or VS4000 is provided on the
How to Start a NetMeeting Call web page.
During the NetMeeting call, the whiteboard, chat, application
sharing, and file-transfer capabilities are available. Audio and video
are provided via the ViewStation FX or the VS4000.
If additional participants want to join a NetMeeting conference, they
can place a NetMeeting call to the IP address of either PC in the call.

NetMeeting Application Sharing

To use NetMeeting application sharing, file transfer, and
whiteboarding, your PC must be connected to your ViewStation FX
or VS4000 directly or via your LAN. NetMeeting data is transmitted
via the H.320 network. The bandwidth used is dynamically allocated
so that when NetMeeting is not sending data, the bandwidth used
returns to the video data.
Note T.120 application sharing, file transfer, and whiteboarding
are supported for NetMeeting 3.0 when used with two
ViewStation FXs or VS4000s. You must have the same
version of NetMeeting installed on both ends of the
conference. These functions are not supported for
NetMeeting 3.0 when used with a ViewStation FX or
VS4000 and a videoconferencing unit from another vendor.
In these situations, you must install NetMeeting 2.11.
Note For security reasons, the firewall will not allow application
sharing, file transfer, and whiteboarding in an H.323 call (on
the ViewStation FX or VS4000.) Use NetMeeting to perform
these functions between two PCs once a connection to the
far site has been established.

H.323 Video Calls with NetMeeting

You can make H.323 video calls to and from a PC using NetMeeting
2.11 or 3.0. The line speed of a video call from NetMeeting to a
ViewStation FX or VS4000 depends on the bandwidth setting in
NetMeeting:
• Cable, xDSL, or ISDN = 128 kbps
• Local Area Network = 384 kbps
Using the ViewStation FX or the VS4000 with a PC
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