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Has any EUnet customer experienced a problem similar to the one
described here below and what was the fix?

Thanks beforehand for your much appreciated feedback.

Cheers!

Antonio

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Regarding the here below message:

>Is Bellsouth using a Proxy Server? This is the symptom of being behind a
>Proxy Server. I don't know what you can do about it.
>
>--
>Robert and Charlotte Scoble
>http://www.netmeet.net (The NetMeeting Place)
>http://www.vbits99.com (Conferences for Developers).
>
>Terry Buckley <sjbtjb@bellsouth.net>>wrote in message
>news:hdQr2.3560$oi.3852478@news3.mia...
>
>>>I am currently using Bellsouth as my server. I can make calls but can't
>>>receive them, when someone is trying to call me they get the message that i
>>>cannot accept calls. I am using a Gateway 450 with a US Robotics 56K
>>>WinModem. Last night i tried changing servers to AOL and was able to
>>>receive calls, so tonight i called Bellsouth and they told me everything was
>>>set up correctly, that i needed to contact Netmeeting to configure Bellsouth
>>>to work with Netmeeting does any one no how to do that. Please help I'm
>>>about to pull my hair out, very frustrated here. I  don't want to have to
>>>change servers. PLEASE HELP. THANKS

and:

>Robert and Charlotte,
>
>In your latest message regarding this problem I read:
>
>>If it's the former, how are you trying to connect the machines? Proxy
>>servers only let outbound calls happen -- no inbound calls will be allowed
>>through.
>
>I believe I am facing a similar problem because I am able to call a party
>and have a chat, audio or video session. BUT when someone tries to call me
>they always get the following error message:
>
>The person you called is not able to accept a Microsoft NetMeeting call.
>
>The question is, how do I disable the proxy server for NetMeetin? I though that
>I was only using a proxy server for HTTP, FTP, and Gopher services (as
>configured in the Internet applet of the Control Panel)...
>
>Can you help me out?
>
>Thanks beforehand for your kind assistance.
>
>Antonio.

I have to give some new input:

- I am using NM 2.1 on Win98 with a Logitech USB QuickCam,

- My provider is EUnet in Switzerland,

- I am able to get in touch with anybody (but sometimes I do get the error
   message when trying to get in touch with people testing their NM setup ;-),

- if the other party calls me using my IP address directly, then it works fine,

- whatever ILS server I use, the other party still gets the well known error
  message,

- I removed all proxy definitions from the "Internet" applet in the Control
  Panel,

- I went on the M$ support site and I found the following info:

   quote

  RECEIVING A CALL:

  You are ready to receive incoming calls if you are running Microsoft
  NetMeeting and have not selected Do Not Disturb on the Call menu.

  Warnings and Known Bugs

  If you are not able to receive calls, it may be because your IP address is
  registered incorrectly with the directory service. You can prevent this by
  releasing the LAN IP address before connecting to the Internet. To release the
  IP address, do the following:
 
  On Windows 95: Click the Start menu, click Run, and then type Winipcfg.exe
  On Windows NT: Click the Start menu, click Run, and then type
                 Ipconfig /release

  unquote

  But it doesn't work either

This problem is probably one of the most well known, can somebody point me
to a FAQ where there is the answer ;-)?

Thanks beforehand for your kind assistance.

Antonio