Is messenger suitable for videoconferencing?

[Rich]

Hi,

I was just wondering if more than one video camera at a
time can be conferenced using windows messenger V6?

Is this preogram at all suitable for use a
videoconferencing tool? Is it fairly stable and trouble-
free?

Thanks

[Jonathan Kay [MVP]]

Greetings Rich,

Unfortunately Messenger only supports one-on-one video conferencing, so if you mean
conversations with 3+ people, then no.

It's suitable, and is stable -- as long as the person you're conversing with is either on the
same network, or you have an unobstructed Internet connection (that is with a public IP and
not a restrictive firewall) it will be trouble-free. If either side is on a NAT/Router (or
some type of shared Internet access) or some type of firewall is where you *might* find
difficulty.
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Jonathan Kay
Microsoft MVP - Windows Messenger/MSN Messenger
Associate Expert
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone/
Messenger Resources - http://messenger.jonathankay.com

"Rich" > wrote in message ...
> Hi,
>
> I was just wondering if more than one video camera at a
> time can be conferenced using windows messenger V6?
>
> Is this preogram at all suitable for use a
> videoconferencing tool? Is it fairly stable and trouble-
> free?
>
> Thanks