Tomco
December 11th 03, 06:12 PM
I and my friends all had this problem for many months
with no answer from this forum.we finally decided to
replace XP firewall with a proper one, a free version of
Sygate home firewall,we now do file sharing at a rate And
are of 2 to 3 mb per min.Using ADSL 256. cheers Thomas
>-----Original Message-----
>(REPOST x2).
>
>Any one solved this problem? there doesnt seem to be a
>reply to this!
>
>================================================== =======
>I am teaching myself how to use Microsoft Messenger
>(having
>had all my experience in this arena using Netmeeting).
I
>have a problem
>with sharing applications. I've searched on this group
>for previous
>discussion of this. While I'm sure it surely been
>discussed I can't spot
>it. So at the risk of asking a FAQ:
>
>Symptom: After requesting a "Start Application Sharing",
>and the other
>person accepts, the "Sharing Session" window appears. It
>sticks on
>"Waiting..." bottom message bar with "App Sharing"
>and "Whiteboard"
>greyed out. the "Close" icon is active and will work
when
>pressed. But
>the app sharing connection doesn't seem to get made.
>
>Situation:
>- both machines up-to-date XP Pro with Messenger
6.1.0155.
>- both machines inside a Linksys router/firewall, but
>communicating via
>internet, i.e. logged in and using 2 passport id's.
>- text chatting, file transfer, and sharing web cam
>images work fine.
>- no XP Firewall software running on either machine
>- the receiver gets the invite to share app's, and
>accepts. the
>"waiting..." message appears there too.
>- I can see outbound requests on router log to
>207.46.108.24 to port
>1863 but nothing back (even if rejected).
>- one machine has Norton Antivirus, the other AVG anti-
>virus. I've
>turned off anti-virus on both machine for test, with no
>affect on this
>problem.
>
>What to look for to find root-cause of this?
>
>
>.
>
with no answer from this forum.we finally decided to
replace XP firewall with a proper one, a free version of
Sygate home firewall,we now do file sharing at a rate And
are of 2 to 3 mb per min.Using ADSL 256. cheers Thomas
>-----Original Message-----
>(REPOST x2).
>
>Any one solved this problem? there doesnt seem to be a
>reply to this!
>
>================================================== =======
>I am teaching myself how to use Microsoft Messenger
>(having
>had all my experience in this arena using Netmeeting).
I
>have a problem
>with sharing applications. I've searched on this group
>for previous
>discussion of this. While I'm sure it surely been
>discussed I can't spot
>it. So at the risk of asking a FAQ:
>
>Symptom: After requesting a "Start Application Sharing",
>and the other
>person accepts, the "Sharing Session" window appears. It
>sticks on
>"Waiting..." bottom message bar with "App Sharing"
>and "Whiteboard"
>greyed out. the "Close" icon is active and will work
when
>pressed. But
>the app sharing connection doesn't seem to get made.
>
>Situation:
>- both machines up-to-date XP Pro with Messenger
6.1.0155.
>- both machines inside a Linksys router/firewall, but
>communicating via
>internet, i.e. logged in and using 2 passport id's.
>- text chatting, file transfer, and sharing web cam
>images work fine.
>- no XP Firewall software running on either machine
>- the receiver gets the invite to share app's, and
>accepts. the
>"waiting..." message appears there too.
>- I can see outbound requests on router log to
>207.46.108.24 to port
>1863 but nothing back (even if rejected).
>- one machine has Norton Antivirus, the other AVG anti-
>virus. I've
>turned off anti-virus on both machine for test, with no
>affect on this
>problem.
>
>What to look for to find root-cause of this?
>
>
>.
>