Using Panasonic Camcorder PV-GS300 with iChat

I think I can safely say the new firmware from Speedtouch v6 makes no difference at all over v5 where iChat or SIP phones are concerned. Speedtouch remains on my black list unless you happen to be with an ISP that can log you in using bridged mode, such as Be There.

Understood.



2:36 PM Monday; June 12, 2006

A useful link high lighting the differences between v5 and v6 hardware:
http://speedtouch.net.nz/forum/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=365

Hi iBosie

Thanks

Bookmarked.

What do you know about the current ports listed on Port Forward.com for iChat ?
Example

They list as you can see port 4099, 5190 and 5193.

Any idea if these work with any modem or router ?



8:41 PM Wednesday; June 14, 2006

Hi Ralph,

Interesting, the ISP Be created a an interface for their supplied Speedtouch 716v5WL/780 router which includes a "Game&Application" preset for iChat. Someone sent me a dump of the router's config file back in April and I also discovered 4099 employed as a trigger port all by itself. With UPnP enabled and SIP bound to 5060 (the opposite of v4 firmware), just one rule on the BeBox makes iChat work.

CLI command v5 and v6 firmware:
=>service host add name="Apple iChat"
=>service host rule add name="Apple iChat" protocol=tcp portrange=5190-5190 triggerport=4099 triggerprotocol=tcp
=>service host assign name="Apple iChat" host=<enter LAN IP address> log=enabled

However here on Bulldog this CLI doesn't change a thing (no success) and since then I've been toying with the idea that port 4099 could be irrelevant to iChat but it might help firmware built to listen on the 'wrong' port, effectively bouncing connections into the right port 5190 for iChat.

5193 might suggest a routers firmware is already engaged on 5190-5192. I'm sorry I can't be more definitive but if I do discover anything useful you'll be the first to know.

Hi iBosie,

Ok. Not that clear as you say.

Back to my other contact. He contacted me on his 780 in Bridge mode.

I did not get whether he was on V6 or V5 as he had prevoiusly been playing with both.

His routing was done by a Buffalo device, Wirelessly.



12:02 AM Friday; June 16, 2006

Ah that makes sense, with the 780 bridging (sitting between) a wireless access point that handles DHCP, only the wireless device would need to be iChat friendly. He could substitute the 780 for any non iChat friendly router so long as it could be set up similarly in bridged mode.

Hi,

He tells me he is tied into this one.

Essentially sorted.



9:36 PM Friday; June 16, 2006