[Scottish] Linux videophones

[Jim Jarvie]

Try Gnu Gatekeeper (www.gnugk.org).

Alternatively, you can set up a FreeSWAN tunnel (www.freeswan.org) and treat
the remote site as an extension of your network (hence no need to worry
about NAT).

Video over a modem is painful - broadband is much better.  If a move to
broadband is an option, you can approach UKLinux (www.uklinux.net) who I
think are starting to offer broadband and should be able to give you static
IP which makes your firewalling and tunnelling much easier.

Finally, www.fdns.net would allow you to set up your own DNS records or even
your own sub-domain of fdns.net


----- Original Message -----
From: "Colin McKinnon" <colin.mckinnon@ntlworld.com>
To: <scottish@mailman.lug.org.uk>
Sent: Sunday, June 01, 2003 1:09 PM
Subject: [Scottish] Linux videophones


> Hi All,
>
> Sorry I missed the fun on Thursday - working hard at my new job :D and
various
> other commitments meant I couldn't fit it in! Yes, I've found gainful
> employment - thanks to all for the encouragement and support.
>
> But down to business - I've bitten the bullet and deleted RedHat from my
home
> PC - since the boxes at my new place of work run SuSe.
>
> So now I'm thinking it would be cool to get some video telephony /
> conferencing / chat setup. Problem is that one end may be behind a
> masquerading firewall, the other end has a dynamic addres and, at least
for
> the time being, neither end has a DNS record. Anybody any suggestions of
> software / sites / services?
>
> TIA
>
> Colin
>
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