webcams and resnet

[shil]

I arrived in St Andrews yesterday and the first thing I did was buy an ethernet cable and a webcam to connect to resnet. Unfortunately, upon connecting my webcam, it appears to work great if I'm just looking at myself, but I can't get it to work properly in MSN messenger. I'll start it, the other person will accept, but for some reason it just won't connect.

Is this a problem with MSN messenger? Will it work in skype? Or does the internet in residence block video calls?

And what about voice calls... once I get skype, I will be able to call home, right?

[orudge]

The only program I've found that'll easily let you use a webcam over Resnet is Skype. ITS block the ports that MSN Messenger uses for video or voice communication, but Skype tends to be pretty good at getting around firewalls.

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[Legion]

Yes, you'll be able to use Skype for voice calls from resnet.

[box_of_delights]

When I was in Melville in first year I could occasionally use my webcam over MSN or Yahoo Messenger, but not always. When I was back in halls in my final year it was a total block... but you can get proxy bypass software to get around it, but they are kinda illegal I guess.

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