Unable to share applications ... "Waiting ..."

[Rob Schneider]

I am teaching myself how to use Messenger (having had all my experience
in this arena using Netmeeting). I have a problem with sharing
applications. I've searched on this group for previous discussion of
this. While I'm sure it has been discussed I can't spot it. So at the
risk of asking a FAQ:

Symptom: After requesting a "Start Application Sharing", and the other
person accepts, the "Sharing Session" window appears. It sticks on
"Waiting..." bottom message bar with "App Sharing" and "Whiteboard"
greyed out. the "Close" icon is active and will work when pressed. But
the app sharing connection doesn't seem to get made.

Situation:
- both machines up-to-date XP Pro with Messenger 6.1.0155.
- both machines inside a Linksys router/firewall, but communicating via
internet, i.e. logged in and using 2 passport id's.
- text chatting, file transfer, and sharing web cam images work fine.
- no XP Firewall software running on either machine
- the receiver gets the invite to share app's, and accepts. the
"waiting..." message appears there too.
- I can see outbound requests on router log to 207.46.108.24 to port
1863 but nothing back (even if rejected).

 

[Jack D.]

I am teaching myself how to use Messenger (having had all my experience
in this arena using Netmeeting). I have a problem with sharing
applications. I've searched on this group for previous discussion of
this. While I'm sure it has been discussed I can't spot it. So at the
risk of asking a FAQ:

Symptom: After requesting a "Start Application Sharing", and the other
person accepts, the "Sharing Session" window appears. It sticks on
"Waiting..." bottom message bar with "App Sharing" and "Whiteboard"
greyed out. the "Close" icon is active and will work when pressed. But
the app sharing connection doesn't seem to get made.

Situation:
- both machines up-to-date XP Pro with Messenger 6.1.0155.
- both machines inside a Linksys router/firewall, but communicating via
internet, i.e. logged in and using 2 passport id's.
- text chatting, file transfer, and sharing web cam images work fine.
- no XP Firewall software running on either machine
- the receiver gets the invite to share app's, and accepts. the
"waiting..." message appears there too.
- I can see outbound requests on router log to 207.46.108.24 to port
1863 but nothing back (even if rejected).

Rob,
I think you may have the wrong newsgroup for this.
Try a messenger ng.

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[Rob Schneider]

Jack,
Yes... noticed 30 seconds after posting... was hoping nobody noticed.