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UNI - Webcams blocked? by M73A on 09-21-2008 at 01:39 PM
how and why have they blocked webcams 
is there a way around it?
RE: UNI - Webcams blocked? by Quantum on 09-21-2008 at 01:54 PM
Webcams for wlm? A normal webcam stream? Can you please explain?
Some sort of software or hardware restriction thing? What have they blocked
We need more information 
RE: UNI - Webcams blocked? by M73A on 09-21-2008 at 01:56 PM
i dont know someone told me they are blocked. im talking to my girlfriend, her webcam can connect fine but mine can't
normally id just think its a dodgy connection and my laptop is being a twat but because someone said you can't use them then i think its down to that. so yes. any technical stuff to get around it would be great thanks
RE: UNI - Webcams blocked? by Quantum on 09-21-2008 at 08:22 PM
So in UNI if you want to use your webcam at all it's blocked?
Or is it just blocked over the internet?
RE: UNI - Webcams blocked? by vaccination on 09-21-2008 at 08:47 PM
Is it *your* laptop, or the uni's laptop?
If it's their's, they might be stopping it from running the webcam software/driver(although I imagine they could only do that if it was a built in webcam or something)
RE: UNI - Webcams blocked? by Jarrod on 09-21-2008 at 10:42 PM
i believe it's port based, you could try something like a ssh tunnel
might have a slight delaying effect on the webcam though
RE: UNI - Webcams blocked? by ShawnZ on 09-21-2008 at 11:09 PM
quote:
Originally posted by Jarrod
i believe it's port based, you could try something like a ssh tunnel
might have a slight delaying effect on the webcam though
how is he going to get msn to think his contact's IP is "localhost"?
RE: UNI - Webcams blocked? by M73A on 09-22-2008 at 01:55 AM
its my laptop. i fink its somnething to do with msns port. i can recieve webcams fine tho.
atm my solution is, yahoo messenger in the background for my webcam and msn for my friends. so fucked up!
RE: UNI - Webcams blocked? by Jarrod on 09-22-2008 at 04:58 AM
as i said, it's a blocked outgoing port by the sounds of it, you might be able to get around it if you use ssh,
quote:
Originally posted by ShawnZ
quote:
Originally posted by Jarrod
i believe it's port based, you could try something like a ssh tunnel
might have a slight delaying effect on the webcam though
how is he going to get msn to think his contact's IP is "localhost"?
do you even know how ssh works?
that is the dumbest question i have ever heard
RE: UNI - Webcams blocked? by ShawnZ on 09-22-2008 at 05:16 AM
quote:
Originally posted by Jarrod
do you even know how ssh works?
that is the dumbest question i have ever heard
you mean ssh tunneling? yes...
you pick a remote host and port, and a local port. then, localhost:[local port] will forward packets to [remote host]:[remote port]. it's pretty simple.
also, you suck at writing tutorials.
RE: UNI - Webcams blocked? by Jarrod on 09-22-2008 at 05:33 AM
um so the local computer connects to the remote one then the local copy of wlm connects to the remote one and the remote one connects to the messenger service so your quote actually dosen't make much sence to me
quote:what are you trying to say?
Originally posted by ShawnZ
how is he going to get msn to think his contact's IP is "localhost"?
wlm should barely be able to tell weather his using ssh or not, so localhost is irrelevant isn't it?
RE: UNI - Webcams blocked? by ShawnZ on 09-22-2008 at 06:10 AM
yes, and how do you expect to tell wlm to use the tunnel?
RE: UNI - Webcams blocked? by Jarrod on 09-22-2008 at 06:25 AM
like this?
RE: UNI - Webcams blocked? by ShawnZ on 09-22-2008 at 06:27 AM
so use a dynamic tunnel then? why not just a real proxy instead of going to all the work to set up an ssh server ¬¬
RE: UNI - Webcams blocked? by M73A on 09-22-2008 at 08:52 AM
okay. what. lol. ah its okay for now with yahoo in the background. its a lot easier than all of that. lol
RE: UNI - Webcams blocked? by ShawnZ on 09-22-2008 at 09:09 AM
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Originally posted by M73A
okay. what. lol. ah its okay for now with yahoo in the background. its a lot easier than all of that. lol
but you haven't even been given instructions for how to do any of this