QuickConference & InOut Tracker Frequently Asked Questions

Here you can find answers to questions about QuickConference & InOut Tracker. If you can't find an answer to your question you can contact us using our Support request form.
Q. What is the current version of QuickConference and InOut Tracker?
A.
Macintosh   QuickConference   1.6.6
  InOut Tracker 1.6.5
  Prairie Server 1.6
 
Windows   QuickConference   1.6
  InOut Tracker 1.6
  Prairie Server 1.6
You can get these on our download page.
Q. Why does Mac OS X Server (10.3 or greater) not work as a QC/IOT server?
A. As of Mac OS X 10.3 Panther, the OS blocks the TCP/UDP ports for Classic applications. To clarify, this is a problem with the OS X server operating system, not just the Xserve hardware, so if you have OS X Server running on an iMac you will still experience the problem.
Q. Why am I having an issue with remote users and NAT?
A. The current version of QuickConference IP does not support NAT (Network Address Translation). If this remote user is connecting via his ISP, the chances are good that they will not be able to use QCIP since the vast majority of ISPs are using NAT. If they are dialing into your network via your router there shouldn't be a problem. QCIP uses the TCP port #51026.
Q. I am having problems getting QuickConference to run on Windows XP. Why?
A. If you are Administrator on this machine login and go to the Control Panel/User Accounts and assign Computer Administrator privileges to the User on this machine.
Log off system.
Login as that User and setup QuickConference for that User.
Log out of QuickConference.
Log off system.
Log back in as Administrator and go back to Control Panel/User Accounts and set the privileges for this User back to being a User.
Q. Why won't QC/IOT run in Windows 2000 Terminal Server:
A. The current version of QuickConference is not designed to work in the Windows Terminal environment. It is designed to be used per user with the data stored locally.
Q. Is there a way to monitor conversations between users in QuickConference?
A. The QuickConference clients authenticate and locate recipients through the server. Once the connection is made it switches to direct peer to peer communication. Since the messages do not pass through the server, their content cannot be monitored remotely.
Q. Why am I having problems with QuickConference with wireless networking and multi-homing under Mac OS X?
A. QuickConference has difficulty communicating with its server when on an Airport™ or other wireless network under certain conditions. These conditions center around having your laptop (typically) set up for use on multiple networks (airport, modem, ethernet, etc); this is called "multi-homing." Multi-homing is a necessity for users who take their laptops to and from work or on the road with them, and a little bit of prep work will allow these users to still use QuickConference.

The simple solution is to only have one network defined in System Preferences:Network pane. (see figure 1 below) Simple, but not very practical since you'd have to redefine your modem and ethernet connections every time you wanted to use one of them rather than Airport.


Figure 1

An only slightly more complex setup is to have more than one networking Location defined (see figure 2 below). Setting up multiple Locations allows the user to quickly change his/her network settings when moving their machine from home to work (see figure 3 below).


Figure 2


Figure 3

One Location would define all of the necessary Modem/Ethernet/Airport etc. network connections needed for day to day use (see figure 4 below), the other would define only the Airport/Wireless network for use with QuickConference in a wireless environment (figure 1 above).


Figure 4

Once the Locations are defined, if you need to go wireless with QuickConference, just Logout of QuickConference, choose your wireless Location from your Apple menu, and relaunch QuickConference.
Q. Why am I having problems with InOut Tracker and multi-homing on Mac OS X?
A. InOut Tracker does not work on systems set up for multi-homing. If you create more than one connection in System Preferences:Network pane, InOut Tracker will not work. This sort of configuration is most common to find on laptops which are carried between home and workplace networks.
Q. Why on Windows is the server reporting Error 10048 in function Bind Address already in use?
A. If you are getting this error go here to read how to solve the issue. The QuickConference/InOut Tracker Server uses ports 55055 and 55056 UDP and TCP port 51026.