Person you called is not able to accept Netmeeting calls

[tom]

I am trying to remotely take over a friends computer with
using remote desktop. I have the correct IP address but I
keep getting the error message "Person you called is not
able to accept Netmeeting calls"

The person I am trying to contact has a dialup connection
and uses Win98SE.

Any suggestions

[Brian Sullivan MVP]

Post by tom
I am trying to remotely take over a friends computer with
using remote desktop. I have the correct IP address but I
keep getting the error message "Person you called is not
able to accept Netmeeting calls"

How do you know you have the corerct IP address?

Post by tom
The person I am trying to contact has a dialup connection
and uses Win98SE.

Assuming the other party is running NetMeeting, has no software firewall (
or has a correctly configured one), the ISP does not have the user behind a
firewall or NAT router and you are calling using the correct IP (determined
in the help about of NetMeeting just before the call -- dialup users get new
IPs on every connection) you should not have a problem.

[a***@discussions.microsoft.com]

I got there IP address from them. They opened the
Help/About Netmeeting Window.
But I noticed there where two addresses, the first I
assume is an IP address but what is the second address?
Do I need to put both addresses in the New Call Window?

The person I am trying to remote does not have a firewall
nor a router. They use standard dialup thru ATT

Any help would be appreciated.

-----Original Message-----

Post by tom
I am trying to remotely take over a friends computer

with

Post by tom
using remote desktop. I have the correct IP address

but I

Post by tom
keep getting the error message "Person you called is not
able to accept Netmeeting calls"

How do you know you have the corerct IP address?

Post by tom
The person I am trying to contact has a dialup

connection

Post by tom
and uses Win98SE.

Assuming the other party is running NetMeeting, has no

software firewall (

or has a correctly configured one), the ISP does not have

the user behind a

firewall or NAT router and you are calling using the

correct IP (determined

in the help about of NetMeeting just before the call --

dialup users get new

IPs on every connection) you should not have a problem.
--
Brian Sullivan
Meeting by Wire ( http://www.meetingbywire.com)
------------
Is your PC protected? --
http://www.microsoft.com/security/protect/default.asp
.

[Brian Sullivan MVP]

Post by a***@discussions.microsoft.com
I got there IP address from them. They opened the
Help/About Netmeeting Window.
But I noticed there where two addresses, the first I
assume is an IP address but what is the second address?

I don't know -- do you have a sample? If there were two or more addresses
they would be a comma between the IP addresses.
Something like "a.b.c.d,w.x.y.z"

Post by a***@discussions.microsoft.com
Do I need to put both addresses in the New Call Window?

Probably not but I am not sure what you are seeing.

Post by a***@discussions.microsoft.com
The person I am trying to remote does not have a firewall
nor a router. They use standard dialup thru ATT

Are they also on a network of some kind or have a network card that is not
used?

The network card would have an address like 192.168.*.*, 10.*.*.*,
172.16-31.*.* if it were on a LAN. It might have an address like 169.254.*.*
if it were not connected. The other end would not be callable at those
addresses.

[a***@discussions.microsoft.com]

-----Original Message-----

Post by a***@discussions.microsoft.com
I got there IP address from them. They opened the
Help/About Netmeeting Window.
But I noticed there where two addresses, the first I
assume is an IP address but what is the second address?

I don't know -- do you have a sample? If there were two

or more addresses

they would be a comma between the IP addresses.
Something like "a.b.c.d,w.x.y.z"

The ip addresses are like the above a.b.c.d,w.x.y.z

Post by a***@discussions.microsoft.com
Do I need to put both addresses in the New Call Window?

Probably not but I am not sure what you are seeing.

Post by a***@discussions.microsoft.com
The person I am trying to remote does not have a

firewall

Post by a***@discussions.microsoft.com
nor a router. They use standard dialup thru ATT

Are they also on a network of some kind or have a network

card that is not

used?
The network card would have an address like 192.168.*.*,

10.*.*.*,

172.16-31.*.* if it were on a LAN. It might have an

address like 169.254.*.*

if it were not connected. The other end would not be

callable at those

addresses.

They have a network card that is not being utilized. The
first two numbers in the second ip address are 192.168.*.*

--
Brian Sullivan
Meeting by Wire ( http://www.meetingbywire.com)
------------
Is your PC protected? --
http://www.microsoft.com/security/protect/default.asp
.

[Brian Sullivan MVP]

Post by a***@discussions.microsoft.com
They have a network card that is not being utilized. The
first two numbers in the second ip address are 192.168.*.*

The second IP is a local private IP. It sounds like the first number is the
one you should be using as the calling address ( assuming it is not also a
private IP). Is that what you are using?