H.323 Videoconferencing Resources

Use this page to find more information about the following:

H.323 Videoconferencing Resources
Best Practices and Tips
Troubleshooting Resources
Troubleshooting Tools
Videoconference Etiquette
The Internet2 Commons
The Vide Development Intitiative
Videoconference Technical Listservs

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H.323 Videoconferencing Resources

Videoconferencing Cook Book - Comprehensive resource guide compiled by ViDe

H.323 Resource Page - Comprehensive guide created by the Internet2 Commons

Videoconference Tech Checklist - Printable resource created by MAGPI (PDF File)

Best Practices and Tips

Best Practices for Class-to-Class Collaborations - Prepared by MAGPI (PDF File)

Planning a multipoint videoconference event - Prepared by TWICE

Basic Requirements for Successful Videoconferencing - ViDe Cookbook

Troubleshooting Resources

Network Matters - ViDe Cookbook

Overcoming Firewalls/NAT - Resource provided by the Internet2 Commons

Traversing Firewalls and Proxies with Video over IP - White Paper by VCON

Troubleshooting Firewalls - Resource provided by MOREnet

Troubleshooting Tools

H.323 Beacon - can measure and monitor an H.323 videoconference.

Internet2 Detective - check status on Internet2 network connectivity, estimate available bandwidth, and multicast capabilities.

Iperf measures TCP and UDP bandwidth performance, including bandwidth, jitter, and packet loss.

ViDeNet Scout is a web-based, distributed network performance analysis tool.

Ping Plotter performs visual traceroute and ping tests along the entire path.

MRTG (Multi Router Traffic Grapher) monitors the traffic load on network links.

Gnuplotping pings multiple hosts in parallel with graphical display (gnuplot) of the delay distribution.

Abilene Weathermap provides a real-time snapshot of traffic on the network.

Polycom's Bandwidth Meter

Tools from E2Epi (The Internet2 End to End Performance Initiative)

Videoconference Ettiquette

The Zone Series - Short, entertaining and informative digital videos about lessons learned using video over advanced networks.

Best Practices/Etiquette - ViDe Cookbook

The Internet2 Commons

MAGPI's Internet2 Commons Resource

The Internet2 Commons Home Page

The Internet2 Commons Real-Time Collaboration Tools

Video Development Intitiative

ViDe - The Video Development Initiative

ViDe User Directory and Zone Management

ViDe Search Tool