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MacNews - August 2003
Another great year
by Terry White
Record growth
continue to grow and be successful.
Whether it’s the authors that write for
MacNews, the volunteers that help
during meeting setup and teardown, the
members that work behind the scenes in
getting guest speakers and door prizes,
the members that help out during the
meeting at the Genius Table, reception
MacGroup has just under 400
members and membership is at an all time
high. We have seen sequential growth
in New Memberships year-over-year
for the past 4 fiscal years. Membership
renewals are up 11% year-over-year.
It has been my pleasure leading this
MacGroup has had another tremendous
year. Our group has grown to its largest
membership ever. We have had some of
the industry’s best presenters come to our
meetings and MacGroup members have
continued to learn, contribute and meet
new friends. My job as president continues to get easier instead of harder. Members continue to step up to the plate and
write articles as well as do presentations.
MacGroup continues change and grow
with the times. Over the past year we
added two major benefits to our group
and the community. One exciting new
thing we did was broadcasting our
monthly meetings via QuickTime from our
website for members that couldn’t make
the meeting and for potential new members. The other was our wildly successful
iBBS. The iBBS has become a living entity
that allows members to share ideas, help
each other and communicate 24 hours a
day, 7 days a week. With 257 registered
members out of the 376 members of
MacGroup, we average over 300
page views a day from an average of
80 unique visitors a day. Today we have
over 4,400 posts!
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to thank those members that volunteer
and help MacGroup and its members
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appreciate your time and efforts.
Thank you, Thank you, Thank you!
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MacNews - August 2003 3
Welcome to
MacGroup-Detroit™
Metro Detroit’s Largest Apple® Macintosh® User’s Group
MacGroup-Detroit
PO Box 760399
Lathrup Village MI 48076-0399
248-569-4933
FAX 248-557-9403
http://www.macgroup.org
email: [email protected]
You and your friends are invited to attend our next meeting.
Our membership is only $40 per year, entitling you to this newsletter each month and
many more benefits.
If you would like to become a member or get more info on MacGroup, feel free to check
out our web site at www.macgroup.org.
Also see the membership form on page 14.
Meetings are held at the
Bloomfield Township
Public Library
1099 Lone Pine Rd.
Bloomfield Hills MI
Officers & Volunteers
President ....................................Terry L. White
MacNews Editor ............................Orie Carter
Meeting Coordinator.................. Carla White
Special Interest Group (SIG) Leaders
Genius Table (Q&A SIG).......... Phyllis Evans
Beginner’s SIG................. Loretta Sangeorsen
Internet SIG ...........................Howard Parsons
Digital Video Detroit ....... Michele Kotlarsky
Digital Video SIG..........................Bill Johnson
PDA/PowerBook ......................... Terry White
Adobe Photoshop ......................... Bruce Spike
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Webmaster .................................... Terry White
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Welcome New Members
John Backoff*
Michael Berke*
Eric Blomberg*
Jeffrey Brandon
Jim Brooker*
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Donald Clark*
Brian Duck*
Ed Dyjak*
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William Kuehl*
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What’s Inside...
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Steven Sparks*
Nancy Townsend*,
Birmingham Public Schools
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Terry White*
* = Renewals
Another great year................................................. 2
Welcome New Members ...................................... 3
Warp Speed Networks .......................................... 4
Blackout 2003...................................................... 5
Just ONE Key!..................................................... 6
Apple Master Gregory Hines dies at the age of 57 ... 7
Making iPhoto Work ............................................. 8
Mac OS X Tips and Tricks.................................... 10
Apple Events....................................................... 13
MacGroup-Detroit Volunteer Help Lines................ 13
4
Warp Speed Networks
D-Link 8-Port Gigabit Switch
reviewed by Terry White
Anyone who knows me knows that I’m
a fan of wireless technology. However,
anyone who knows me also knows
that I’m a fan of SPEED! While I do
enjoy the comfort and convenience of a
AirPort network, I do on occasion have
to move large files back and forth across
my network. My desktop Macs are all
connected via Ethernet and my portables
are all wirelessly connected via AirPort
(WiFi). Ever since Apple introduced the
1st PowerMac G4 to come with Gigabit
Ethernet Built-in (my Dual 500Mhz was
my first), I often wondered just how fast
that would be. In theory Gigabit Ethernet should be 10 times faster than 100
BaseT. However, due to the astronomical cost of Gigabit Switches (well over
$1,000 at first), this remained a fantasy
for me until today.
A few weeks back I was
reading on MacCentral.com http:
these models would be below $200.
In fact the 5 port model was only $129
on the D-Link store site. I was all set to
buy that one until the little voice inside
my head said, “how much is the 8 port
model?” I hit the back button and went
to the 8 port model http://d-link.com/
products/?model=DGS-1008D and
when I clicked “Buy Now from D-Link
Shop”, it was only $169. For $40 dollars
more, I was getting 3 more ports. What
a deal! Good thing too as I quickly filled
7 of the ports (one being used by a
crossover cable to my router). Finally a
company realized that it didn’t have to
charge hundreds of dollars for something,
just because everyone else did. I would
imagine that D-Link will force the competition to match their very reasonable
prices.
//maccentral.macworld.com/news/
2003/07/30/dlink/ that D-Link had just
I have lots of computers and printers
and network things going on here. I have
3 G4 Towers (one of which is being
used as a fileserver running Mac OS X
Server 10.2). Both of my newer towers
already had Gigabit Ethernet built-in.
But, oldest tower (the server), did not.
introduced two new Gigabit Switches.
A 5 port model and an 8 port model.
Networking companies introduce new
switches and routers all the time, what
was the big deal? The big deal was that
My Network
I ordered a Asanté FriendlyNET GigaNIX Gigabit Ethernet Adapter (Model
1000TA) for the old G4 and it installed
in a vacant PCI slot (I knew I would
need one of those slots one day) just fine.
I had to download the latest driver from
Asanté’s site as the CD that came with
the card only addressed Mac OS 9. I
had an existing 16 port 3Com 10/100
BaseT switch that I still use for all the
other network devices that don’t support
Gigabit Ethernet. I also have a 4 port
DSL/Cable Router by Netgear, which
allows me to share the Comcast Cable
connection with the entire network. All
three switches/routers are plugged into
each other in a daisy chain via either the
uplink port or a cross over cable. The
D-Link doesn’t have a dedicated uplink
port so I had to use a crossover cable to
connect it to my router. Although I run
my 17” PowerBook on AirPort Extreme
99% of the time, I occasionally plug
it into Ethernet when I’m going to be
doing heavy-duty file transfers. Alright,
enough of the connecting dribble. How
fast is it?
How fast is it really?
Before disconnecting my existing
configuration I wanted to some before
and after testing. Therefore, did some file copies from my Dual 1Ghz G4 to my OS X
Server. I did the same copy over 100 BaseT Ethernet and AirPort. While I was at it, I
thought this would be a perfect opportunity to do a test of AirPort Extreme using my
PowerBook. I used the same 685.8 Megabytes (July Disc of the Month content) in all
cases and you might be surprised by the results:
Data used: 685.8 MBs of large files, movies and small files, PDFs, etc.
Times are in minutes and seconds
Copy to Server via Gigabit Ethernet:
1:46
Copy to Server via 100BaseT
2:17
Copy to Server via AirPort Extreme (802.11g)
Copy to Server via AirPort (802.11b)
4:57
22:30
While the Gigabit Ethernet transfer wasn’t as EXTREME as I was thinking it was
going to be, it was clearly faster than standard 100BaseT. The speed may even be
better if I wasn’t using a PCI Gigabit Ethernet Card and using built-in Gigabit Ethernet on both ends. What was really a surprise in all this was how much faster AirPort
Extreme was over regular AirPort! Wow! Apple claims it’s 5 times faster and my tests
concur. My Gigabit Ethernet test was 31 seconds faster over 100BaseT that makes it
23% faster than before. For the new lower cost of entry into the Gigabit Ethernet
world and spreading that over time, it will easily pay for itself in time savings for me. I
would expect Gigabit Ethernet Switches to continue to drop in price.
Also keep in mind that none of this matters unless you are transferring files from one
computer to another computer over your network. If you are hoping for faster internet,
Gigabit Ethernet will NOT improve your internet speeds. Broadband Cable Modems
and DSL for the average consumer is less than the speed of 10 BaseT.
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Blackout 2003
By Terry White
Sounds like a cool sci-fi summer blockbuster
movie. However, those of us who lost our
power for over 30 hours found it to be
far less entertaining. Now I’m not going
to lecture you on being prepared for life’s
little emergencies. I’m sure you figured out
by now what you did right and what
you should have done to be prepared
for these kinds of things. What I will do
instead is share a couple of things that I
did to and had in place to make the best
of a bad situation. There’s never a good
time to lose electricity. If it’s in the summer
you have to deal with the heat and if it’s
in the winter you have to deal with the
freezing cold.
If you have a desktop Mac and you
don’t have a UPS (uninterruptible power
supply) battery backup, you are asking
for trouble. When the power went off,
all of my computers stayed on. Giving me
plenty of time to walk around to each one
saving documents and shutting them down
normally. One was in the middle of apply
the latest Apple security update. God
knows what would have happened had
that one shut off during this update. Since
this blackout happened in the summer on a
very hot day, I quickly realized how much
I love air conditioning. With no breeze,
having the windows open didn’t help
much either. Then it dawned on me that I
have a Kensington USB powered FlyFan.
I was amazed that I was able to run it all
night while my PowerBook was sleeping
and it used next to no power.
While these times usually bring family
and neighbors closer together, they can also
be quite boring. If you have a PowerBook
and a couple of charged batteries, you can
enjoy a DVD movie or two. But what to
do after the batteries are drained? Consider
a PowerBook car adapter. That way you
could charge your PowerBook battery from
your car. Let’s hope it never happens again,
but if it does let’s be better prepared! 
6
A review
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- August
2003
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Apple Master Gregory Hines dies at the
age of 57
by Terry White
I met Gregory Hines a couple of times at
MacWorld Expo New York. The award winning
entertainer was a big Mac fan and a down-to-earth
individual. He always had time for his fans and the
Mac. I will miss him
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Gregory Hines checking out the New Power Mac G4 Cube at MacWorld NY
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8
Making iPhoto Work
by Howard Parsons
Background
Photography has been my major hobby
for many years. I started shooting monochrome film and developing and printing
it in a makeshift home darkroom. I soon
moved to shooting 35mm color slides and
over the years have amassed thousands of
them, most filed away in 750-slide Logan
boxes and some in Carousel trays (moreor-less permanently). About 15 years ago
I joined the Motor City Camera Club
and began entering my slides in competitions there.
In the late nineties I began to
experiment with web page design and
bought Imageready, then a new Adobe
product intended for processing photos
for online use, also a slide scanner. I began
to process scanned slides for printing and
entered the prints also in club competitions. Initially, the results were not as
successful as with slides.
About 3-1⁄2 years ago I decided
to get more seriously into digital processing of my best work. I acquired a new
computer (G4) and the full version of
Photoshop. It soon became evident that
I needed to get a better printer, and soon
bought an Epson 870. I rapidly began
filling my hard drive with large TIFF files
for printing and JPEG files (often of the a slide show on the computer. I got the
same slides) for web and email use. The DVD of the meeting presentation, and
collection grew to about 280 scanned also bought and read the book “iPhoto2
slides on the computer, more-or-less – The Missing Manual” by David
sorted out by subject matter. Search- Pogue. I began seriously the long (and
ing for what I wanted was often time still not complete) process of entering
consuming, opening files one-by-one. all my slides into iPhoto. At the next
Looking through the stacks of slides in the MacGroup meeting Adam Engst gave
Logan boxes or carousels was easier.
us even more information and suggestions
Matters became worse when I (he also wrote an iPhoto book - for the
decided that digital cameras had pro- Visual Quickstart series).
gressed sufficiently that I wanted one. I
received one for Christmas 2001 and in Enter iPhoto Library Manager
only a year and a half I shot almost 1900
I noticed that the iPhoto Library
images. What now?
was getting large, and operation was
getting slower as more and more photos
Enter iPhoto
were added. This matter was addressed
IPhoto became available when OS also in the book. I read that a freeware
X was launched, or soon after. It sounded application called iPhoto Library Maninteresting but somehow I got the Idea ager was downloadable from either of
that it didn’t work with Photoshop. I the following web sites:
opened the program and tossed a few
pictures into it and was not impressed http://homepage.mac.com/bwebster
at the time. It seemed to insist on doing or
things its own way, and wouldn’t let me www.missingmanuals.com
rearrange the thumbnails or change titles.
So much for that.
This application is a library-switchA couple of months ago Terry ing device. You either open it, select
White gave a demonstration of iPhoto the library you want, and launch iPhoto,
(and others of the iLife series) at a or, while iPhoto is open, you launch
MacGroup meeting. I began to see this application then quit and re-launch
that this might work for me after all, as iPhoto. I chose the former method of
a filing system. Not only that, it would operation.
also handle most of the tasks of USING
I removed the iPhoto icon from the
the photos – printing them, emailing them, dock. In its place I installed the iPhoto
creating web photo galleries, burning Library Manager icon, see Figure 1. ClickCD’s, and above all, creating slide shows ing this icon brings up the Library Manon the fly! And all this without using ager dialog. You click in the checkbox of
ANY other software. I realized that the library you want, and then launch
with iPhoto, I could download slides iPhoto from the icon on the top right of
into iPhoto from the camera, trash a few the window. IPhoto will open, then exit
failures, rotate the verticals quickly, make the Manager - see Figure 2.
an album, and within 15-20 minutes give
Photo File Management – HP
Style
As this is written, there are 2,213
photos stored in my system, in 7 Libraries.
At this point, speed of operation is satisfactory. My libraries are as follows:
FAMILY - 429 photos, mostly
small jpegs of our children and grandchildren. There are a few large tiffs of
portraits for large prints. Older ones are
scanned; newer ones are taken with the
digital camera.
SCANNED - 284 photos chosen
from my huge slide collection, consisting
of large tiffs for printing for club competition, and small jpegs of the same shots.
Subjects vary: architecture, lighthouses,
landscapes, nature, abstracts, etc.
TMP – 183 photos, all related to my
work, some of them hi-res (5.2 megapixel)
tiffs taken of architectural models, others
are construction photos – jpegs.
OTHERS’ WORK – 22 jpeg
photos taken by other people.
FIREWORKS – 35 photos, large
tiffs mostly.
INFARED – 23 infared photos,
large tiffs, both color and monochrome.
This is my latest interest.
GENERAL – 1237 photos, all
taken with the digital camera. These
are both tiffs and jpegs. Subjects vary
– lighthouses, scenics, trips, architecturals, etc. The largest collection, this is the
slimmed-down version of my original
iPhoto library.
Setting up the libraries takes some
thought, as the albums and keywords
operate only within the active library
and can’t select images across the whole
collection. My libraries are therefore
independent of one another. The book
describes methods of temporarily or
permanently combining libraries using
CD’s burned as backups, this might make
possible some broader searches. (I haven’t
use on the fly as needed, at the correct
resolution, and not overwrite the source
image. Also I have noticed that the large
jpegs created by the camera can be left
that way; only the ones to receive heavy
editing of alterations in Photoshop, or
yet tried this.)
Eventually I will have to stop adding
to the GENERAL file due to size, but
for now it works and I like the capability of setting up albums for subjects such
as lighthouses, waterfalls, fall color, etc. I
have also albums which pick out only tiffs,
or only jpegs, in the libraries that contain
both.
I have realized that duplicating the
tiff files with jpegs isn’t necessary; as
iPhoto will create the jpegs for external
frequent changes and experiments (such
as the infareds or abstracts) need to be
tiffs. These discoveries will cut down on
library growth in the future.
If any of you have a large and
unmanageable digital photo collection,
consider using iPhoto in this manner. If
anyone has questions or suggestions, my
email is [email protected].
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10
GREAT
GREAT OS
OS X
X TIPS
TIPS
How to create self-expanding downloadable disk images
Internet-enabled self-expanding disk images are identical to regular disk images except
they have a special flag set. You just go and create the disk image like you normally
would and then set the internet-enabled flag with the following command in the Terminal.
% hdiutil internet-enable -yes|-no|-query [path to the disk image here]\”
Return To Sender - How to
Return Unwanted Email In
Mac OS X
To discourage people from sending you
email that you do not want you can
reject their messages and set them
straight !!This is for the Mail app in Mac
OS X
Open Mail, select the unwanted message
you do not want, and now choose
Bounce To Sender from the Message
menu.
The sender receives a reply indicating
that your email address is not valid
and that the message could not be
delivered.
The message is moved to your deleted
messages folder and ready to trash.
The sender cannot tell if you read the
message and will think it is a BAD
address.
You can also create a rule that automatically deletes mail from a specific
sender, but this might not work very well
as spammers always change address.
Use -yes to enable the flag, -no to disable the flag, and -query to test whether the disk
image file is already internet-enabled.
You can set the internet-enabled flag only for read-only Disk images.
Note that Disk Copy will clear the internet-enabled flag after it processes it. So if you test
it you will have to re-set the flag again if your are to send it out on the Internet.
iSight - How to Troubleshoot
Here is some GREAT links to Apple’s iSight Troubleshooting Documents
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=93240
iSight - How to Troubleshoot
iSight - FireWire Connectivity Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)
iSight - Your camera is in use by another application
iSight - Do Not Over-Tighten Adjustable Stand For Portables on
iSight - Low Light Conditions May Cause Video Stutter
iSight - Remove Adjustable Stand Before Closing Portable
And the granddaddy of them all...
http://www.info.apple.com/usen/isight/
Apple’s Official iSight Support Web Site
If you are having any problems then this should help (If not some good
reading)
*Taken from OSXFAQ Mac OS X Tip-of-the-Day
iChat AV
How to Change
Your Displayed Name or
Rendezvous name
Your displayed name is the name you
see for yourself in the top-left corner of
your Buddy List window and Rendezvous
window. When you send a message to
someone via Rendezvous, this is the name
that the message appears from. This
name relates to your Address Book vCard.
However, this is not the name that appears to someone in a message that
you send via AIM, nor to someone who already has you in their Address Book with
a different name. For example, if your
account name is “hiroshi1yamamoto,”
your name displayed in iChat and Address
Book is “Hiroshi Yamamoto,” but the message recipient (via AIM) already has you
in his Address Book as “Hiroshi Y.”, he will
see messages from “Hiroshi Y.” If the recipient does not have you in her Address
Book, she will see the message from your
account name (“hiroshi1yamamoto” in
this case).
Note : If you change your displayed
name, it does not change in the Buddy
List of other iChat users who have added
you as a buddy.
To change your displayed name or
Rendezvous messaging name, edit your
Address Book card.
Note : Following these steps changes your
Address Book card for all places that you
use it, not just iChat.
1. Quit iChat if it is open.
2. Open Address Book.
3. Choose Card > Show My Card.
4. Click the Edit button.
5. Edit your first and last name.
6. Save changes by clicking the Edit button again or by selecting a different card.
7. Open iChat. Your revised name appears
after you log in.
Shirley Weichel
How to Save a Chat to Read Later
You can save a transcript of a chat so you can read it later.
Choose Save A Copy As from the File menu. The chat is saved as an iChat transcript
document. To review a chat you’ve previously saved, choose Open from the iChat File
menu, or double-click an iChat transcript document. If you want to automatically save
a transcript of all your chats, select the option in the Messages section of iChat preferences.
This document contains information from Help Center, the help system included with
your computer
How to Set Your iChat Picture
You can set a custom picture, also known as a “buddy icon,” that appears next to your
name in the Buddy List and in message windows.
Double-click the picture next to your name in the Buddy List and select a new image.
For best results, use a picture that is 64 x 64 pixels in size. If you use a larger picture, a
window appears that lets you resize and crop the image to the appropriate size.
Changing your picture in iChat also changes your card in Address Book.
This document contains information from Help Center, the help system included with
your computer.
Picture-In-Picture and Snapshot
Is a “Mirrored” View
Video appears “flipped” in the picture-in-picture and Snapshot modes.
Views from your camera appear flipped or reversed, similar to a mirror image. These
views include:
In the “Preview” window in Preferences under the Video tab
The picture-in-picture view while in a conference
The Snapshot
The preview in the First Time User interface
This is by design, and is expected behavior for iChat AV. The effect is similar to what you
would see if you were looking into a mirror.
Your image will appear in its natural, unreversed state to those with whom you chat.
Take a video snapshot in iChat AV
Here’s a simple way of capturing a frame of whatever is displayed iiChat’s video window:
Command-drag (press Command, hold it, then click and drag) the snapshot to the desktop to create a picture clipping.
It gets better: you can even drag directly into the text input area of iChat and have your
own image sent to your buddy (in case he/she doesn’t have video).
Here is something interesting I found online .... haven’t tried it but, who knows!
You’re online and you wanna chat...
But how do you find someone to chat with? iChatters.com... That’s how!
iChatters.com is the premiere place to meet up with other iChatters using Apple’s new
iChatAV. This feature is currently only available to Apple OS X users using the iChatAV
software. To get started, first Login (or create a New Account) and establish what your
username and preferences are, then browse around to see who else is online!
It’s free, so have fun and tell your friends!
For more information go to About iChatters.com .
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MORE OS X TIPS
Cannot Send or Receive a File
When Firewall Is Active
When the Mac OS X firewall is active, you cannot send or
receive a file via iChat.
iChat cannot send or receive a file when the Mac OS X
firewall is active in its default state. If you have opened
the AIM port, you may be able to receive a file but not
send them. In its default state, the Mac OS X firewall
blocks file transfers using iChat or America Online AIM
software. If either the sender or receiver has turned on
the Mac OS X firewall, the transfer may be blocked.
The simplest work around is to temporarily turn off the
firewall in the Sharing preference pane on both computers. This is required for the sender. However, the receiver
may keep the firewall on if the AIM port is open. To open
the AIM port:
1. Choose Apple menu > System Preferences.
2. Choose View > Sharing.
3. Click the Firewall tab.
4. Click New.
5. Choose AOL IM from the Port Name pop-up menu.
The number 5190 should already be filled in for you.
6. Click OK.
If you do not want to turn off firewall at the sending
computer, a different file sharing service may be used
instead of iChat. The types of file sharing available in
Mac OS X are outlined in technical document 106461, “
Mac OS X: File Sharing “.
Note: If you use a file sharing service when the firewall is
turned on, be sure to click the Firewall tab and select the
service you have chosen in the “Allow” list. If you do not
do this, the firewall will also block the file sharing service.
iChat AV (Public Beta): Ports That Need
to Be Open Behind Firewalls
This is how iChat AV works with NAT and outlines the ports that
must be open to allow video and audio conferencing behind a
firewall with iChat AV.
iChat AV delivers full-screen two way video and crystal-clear
full-duplex audio over any broadband Internet connection. A DSL
or cable modem connection contains enough bandwidth for a
high-quality conference. Of course, if you have a T1 line, or a
fast local area network connection, that will work as well.
Network Address Translation (NAT)
Some Internet service providers (ISP’s) and home networking
routers use a technology called network address translation
(NAT) to share an Internet connection. iChat uses an innovative
approach to establish a direct audio and video connection even
on networks that feature NAT. This means that you can use
iChat AV with an Airport Base Station and other router devices
that often interfere with or block video and audio connections in
other conferencing applications.
Firewalls
Frequently used by corporations and educational institutions for
increased security, firewalls work by blocking certain Internet
traffic from entering or leaving a network. Network administrators typically open a minimal amount of network ports, allowing the traffic for approved applications to enter and leave the
network while blocking other network traffic.
UDP Ports
UDP Port 5060 is used by iChat AV for signaling and initiation
of chat invitations. To use iChat AV behind a firewall, make sure
your network administrator has opened UDP port 5060.
UDP Ports 16384 to 16403 are used to send and receive video
and audio data. For any particular conference, 4 ports from that
range of 20 are utilized.
One port is used for each of the following:
Video in
Video out
Audio in
Audio out
Mac OS X Firewall
The simplest work around is to temporarily turn off the firewall
in the Sharing preference pane on both computers.
To keep the Mac OS X Firewall active, follow these steps to add
the necessary ports:
1. Choose Apple menu > System Preferences.
2. Choose View > Sharing.
3. Click the Firewall tab.
4. Click New.
5. Choose Other from the Port Name pop-up menu.
6. In the Port Number, Range or Series field, type in: 5060,
16384-16403
7. In the Description field type in: iChat AV
8. Click OK.
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