Using NetMeeting
NetMeeting® is an online conferencing program that allows you to share files with screen sharing and to draw on a whiteboard. When scheduling an online meeting, you can use the Tools tab of the New Meeting page to select NetMeeting as a tool for your meeting. (You cannot use NetMeeting for an instant meeting.)
You can use NetMeeting in the following ways:
- You can use NetMeeting instead of Sametime for all meeting collaboration. You can attend the meeting from the Meeting Center. Once the meeting begins, you will use NetMeeting for all interactions. To use NetMeeting instead of Sametime for your meeting, select the "Use NetMeeting" check box.
- You can use NetMeeting to listen to audio and see video in a meeting. If you use NetMeeting to participate in the audio and video portion of a meeting, you cannot see any of the meeting content, such as a shared screen or a file on the whiteboard. NetMeeting users must use the audio conference ID on the Meeting Details page to attend the audio and video portion of a meeting.
Note When you select the "Use NetMeeting" check box, everyone must use NetMeeting to attend the meeting.
Unavailable Features
When you select NetMeeting as a tool for your meeting:
- You cannot use the Sametime tools for your meeting. Everyone in the meeting must use NetMeeting to present and view information.
- You cannot have a meeting that is a "Moderated Presentation or Demo." People using NetMeeting cannot participate in a meeting with a Moderator. When scheduling a NetMeeting meeting, do not select "Moderated Presentation or Demo" as the meeting type on the Essentials tab.
- You cannot encrypt the meeting to protect the meeting content.
Using NetMeeting for Audio and Video in a Sametime Meeting
You can use NetMeeting to listen to the audio and see the video in a Sametime meeting. If some people use NetMeeting for audio and video in a meeting:
- NetMeeting users must use the audio conference ID on the Meeting Details page to attend the audio and video portion of the meeting.
- Sametime users must use Automatic Microphone mode for Sametime audio. NetMeeting users cannot request the microphone if you use Request Microphone mode.
- If two people using audio speak at the same time, NetMeeting users will only hear the primary person who speaks. For example, if Bob is speaking and Maria interrupts him, NetMeeting users will only hear Bob; they will not hear Maria's interruption.