very noob questions. but trying to learn

[pendal]

First off .. I am so glad I found this forum. I've been searching for one for a few days.

I am very noob to web/video conferencing and just trying to get some basic information. I mostly do general computer/network installation and maintenance.

One of my clients recently had a Polycom system installed at his home for his job. (i'm not sure of the make/model, but i can find out.)

They have a relative who lives on the other side of the country that they would like to video conference with.

Is it possible to video conference with them if they don't have a polycom system? they do have a webcam on the computer they would be using.

Like I said, I am very noob to this aspect of technology.
Are polycom systems proprietary?

if not, where would be a good place to start?

I know these are all very noobie questions... so please be gentle.

thanks,
Chris

[Sean Lessman]

Is it possible to video conference with them if they don't have a polycom system? they do have a webcam on the computer they would be using.

Polycom's are H.323 compliant, which is the umbrella standard for 'business quality' products available today. If the software you are using for the PC is also H.323 compliant, it should work.

Now the next pitfall is whether or not your PC and/or Polycom are behind a firewall. If that is the case, it gets more complicated and chances are it will not work unless some complex effort is put into opening up ports on the firewall.

Sean

[pendal]

thanks for the reply. I understand everything. i will look into the type of webcam software and hardware hooked to the pc.

thanks again,

-C

[nomansaeed]

with ref of the above..

look in to the below link,

http://www.adobe.com/products/connect/

Awaiting ..

noman@iamgood.in

[Sean Lessman]

with ref of the above..

look in to the below link,

http://www.adobe.com/products/connect/

Awaiting ..

noman@iamgood.in

Not H.323.

Sean

[nomansaeed]

the last link is just for reference ..

for H.323 or SIP ..
try
EVO
http://evo.caltech.edu/

Noman

[allan25]

See mate ..personally I am using www.rhubcom.com turbomeeting web conferencing appliance which has support for all the known appliances...from Linux , Unix, mac, pc, Iphone, Nokia N95 to Polycam systems you are talking about...Its about delivering secured on-promise web conferencing with multi-functions including interactive meetings, seminars, remote support and remote access.

[bba01]

try skype for video conferecing best tool but it doesnt need any more requirement.

[ashley]

I agree with allan25. We spent a lot of time using various web conferencing softwares but they always had some issues or the other - whether it was the firewall issue, or team members dropping out due to net connection problems, download problems etc. They always had some missing feature that we required. After a lot of pushing by friends, we shifted to the RHUB web conferencing appliance and thank god we did that. It has support for every possible appliance including the iphone. I really suggest checking RHUB out for your web conferenecing requirements - http://www.rhubcom.com/

[Jenie0109]

There's lot of online video conference solution out there that don't needs software installation like baselux.com

[andrewhuff]

Why not trying online video conference using various sites which are providing this facility. Skype is also a good alternative

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