TOP Diagram of NetMeeting Connections Online Meeting Guidelines Call YOA using NetMeeting at 152.170.204.189(Rocks IP address) Adding A NetMeeting "Callto" Statement Using Microsoft Internet Explorer, people can call you using the link on your Web page even if they do not have NetMeeting running. Use one of the following HTML formats to create a link on your Web page:
For example, if Carl Smith wanted to embed a link in his Web page so that other people could call him, he would add the following HTML tag: Call me using NetMeeting at <A HREF="callto:ils.microsoft.com/csmith@somedomain.com"> uls.microsoft.com/csmith@somedomain.com </A> To find the IP address, run winipcfg on the host computer. From the taskbar, click Start, click Run, and then type winipcfg. The T.120 architecture supports several topologies that define how users connect to a conference and transmit data during the conference. The following diagram illustrates three common topologies: star, daisy-chain, and cascaded. These topologies represent the types of connections typical of NetMeeting conferences.
One of the participants in the conference is assigned as the top provider (conference host). The top provider’s application is responsible for handling the global resources in the conference and also for sequencing data, if necessary. The top provider is determined within the initial connection between the first two participants. The location of the top provider and how the other participants are connected to the top provider differentiates the various topologies. With NetMeeting, the person initiating the call is the top provider. The previous diagram illustrates the relationship of this top provider to other NetMeeting nodes in the various conference topologies; many other combinations of top provider and conference nodes are possible. NetMeeting actually initiates the call and determines whether a conference is already running. If no conference is running, NetMeeting creates one locally with the person initiating the call as the top provider. If a conference is running, NetMeeting notifies the person, who then has the option of joining the remote conference. Also, NetMeeting provides a Host Meeting feature (Call menu), which determines the top provider automatically based on the selected conference host rather than on the caller order. Data flows according to the conference topology, which is determined by how each connection in the conference is established ("who calls who"). For example, in the diagram, the following order of calls establishes the conference topology: n A (top provider) initiates calls to B and C.n Then, B calls D and E (or D and E each call B).n C calls F and G (or F and G each call C).
There is only one
top provider in a conference. After the top provider (A) is established, that computer
remains the top provider throughout the conference. Note that two conferences cannot be
joined together. Therefore, if C called F and G first, it would not be possible for them
to join the conference with A, B, D, During data conferencing, if B shared an application with the other conference participants, data would flow simultaneously to the adjoining connections (A, D, and E). Then, data would continue to flow outward to the remaining connections. Also, any two connections within the conference can initiate audio and video conferencing. NetMeeting enables audio and video switching, so that participants can switch the pair sharing audio and video. If B hangs up or is removed from the conference, D and E are also removed. D and E may remain conferenced together, though, if they were connected with audio and video in the original session. D and E would not have data conferencing, however, because this function is removed when B hangs up.
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