Internet Telephony for Dummies

, by Briere, Daniel D.; Hurley, Patrick J.; Wetzel, Rebecca

Note: Supplemental materials are not guaranteed with Rental or Used book purchases.

ISBN: 9780764501746 | 0764501747
Cover: Paperback
Copyright: 7/1/1997

Sorry, this item is currently not available.

Summary

Supplemental Materials

Tells how to use the Internet to videoconference, make phone calls, and tune into Internet audio and video broadcasting stations

Introduction

(8)

Part I: Internet Telephony and Video, Unplugged

(118)

Chapter 1: What's Internet Telephony and Video?

(8)

Chapter 2: Internet Telephony 101

(22)

Chapter 3: Getting Yourself on the Internet

(14)

Chapter 4: Getting Outfitted for Internet Telephony

(12)

Chapter 5: Getting Outfitted for Internet Video and Multimedia

(10)

Chapter 6: Getting Your PC Set Up for Internet Telephony

(22)

Chapter 7: Getting Your Mac OS Computer Set Up for Internet Telephony

(16)

Chapter 8: The "Now Ready for Real-Time" Audio and Video Players

115

(12)

Part II: You Make the Call: Using Internet Telephony Products

127

(120)

Chapter 9: Using Microsoft NetMeeting

129

(22)

Chapter 10: Using the VocalTec Internet Phone

151

(32)

Chapter 11: Using Intel Internet Video Phone on Your PC

183

(14)

Chapter 12: Using Netscape Conference

197

(20)

Chapter 13: Picture This: Using CU-SeeMe 3.0

217

(30)

Part III: Internet Telephony: Not Just for PCs Anymore

247

(28)

Chapter 14: PC-to-Telephone Gateway Services

249

(6)

Chapter 15: Telephone-to-Telephone Gateway Services

255

(6)

Chapter 16: Using Internet Telephony in Your Corporate Intranet

261

(8)

Chapter 17: Using the Internet for Faxing

269

(6)

Part IV: The Part of Tens: Hip Stuff from the Internet

275

(50)

Chapter 18: Ten Ways You Can Use Internet Telephony and Video Now

277

(6)

Chapter 19: Ten Hot 'Net Sites Where Video Is Used Today

283

(6)

Chapter 20: Ten (Plus One) Tricks to Sounding and Looking Good on the 'Net

289

(6)

Chapter 21: Ten (Or So) Good FAQs and Mailing Lists to Check Out

295

(4)

Chapter 22: Ten Good Publications to Read to Follow This Topic

299

(4)

Chapter 23: Help File: Ten Common Problems and How to Fix Them

303

(8)

Chapter 24: Ten Neat Things You Can't Do on the Net -- Yet!

311

(6)

Chapter 25: Ten Things About to Happen with Internet Telephony and Video

317

(8)

Part V: Appendixes

325

(14)

Appendix A: U.S. National Internet Service Providers

327

(2)

Appendix B: Gateway Hardware Vendors

329

(2)

Appendix C: About the CD

331

(8)

Index

339

(19)

License Agreement

358

(2)

Installation Instructions

360

IDG Books Worldwide Registration Card

Back of Book

Introduction

(8)

About This Book

(1)

Where to Go from Here?

(2)

Part I: Internet Telephony and Video, Unplugged

(1)

Part II: You Make the Call: Using Internet Telephony Products

(1)

Part III: Internet Telephony: Not Just for PCs Anymore

(1)

Part IV: The Part of Tens: Hip Stuff from the Internet

(1)

Part V: Appendixes

(1)

Icons Used in This Book

(1)

Conventions Used in This Book

(2)

Feedback, Please

(2)

Part I: Internet Telephony and Video, Unplugged

(118)

Chapter 1: What's Internet Telephony and Video?

(8)

Sending Your Voice and Video over the Internet

(3)

Who can use it?

(1)

Just whom may I call?

(1)

Where Is It All Going?

(1)

Why Do It over the Internet?

(3)

Chapter 2: Internet Telephony 101

(22)

How the Heck Do I Communicate over the 'Net?

(11)

Transmission control protocol (TCP)

(1)

User datagram protocol (UDP)

(1)

A new addition: Real-Time Transport Protocol (RTP)

(1)

Moving your data from here to there

(1)

Understanding general Internet issues

(8)

How Does an Internet Phone Call Work?

(4)

Connecting across the Internet

(3)

Combining the best connection features: Directory services

(1)

Getting a Handle on Internet Conferencing Standards

(3)

Why worry about standards?

(1)

And the standards are

(2)

Gateways to the World

(1)

Extra Credit: Fax over the 'Net

(2)

Chapter 3: Getting Yourself on the Internet

(14)

Getting onto the Internet

(7)

Figuring out who the providers are

(1)

Getting ISP support for telephony and video

(1)

Picking an ISP

(3)

Choices, choices, choices

(2)

Gauging Your Telephone Line Requirements

(7)

Being analog

(1)

Deciding on digital (I want my ISDN now)

(1)

Getting and paying for digital service

(2)

Getting a direct connection

(3)

Chapter 4: Getting Outfitted for Internet Telephony

(12)

Setting Your Standards

(1)

When in Doubt, Go with the Best

(8)

The golden digital signal processing (DSP) rule

(3)

TCP/IP network and node address

(1)

10MB hard disk space

(1)

Connectivity hardware

(4)

Microphones and Speaker Options

(3)

Here's talking to you, kid

(1)

What did you say?

(2)

Chapter 5: Getting Outfitted for Internet Video and Multimedia

(10)

Getting Video on Your System

(2)

Here's Looking At You, Kid

(6)

Digital video output computer cameras -- the Connectix QuickCam and Color QuickCam

(1)

Analog video output computer cameras

(2)

Camcorders and general-purpose video cameras

(1)

Video capture cards

(1)

Taking a Look at Video Standards

(2)

True Motion video standards

(1)

Videoconferencing standards

(1)

QuickTime and Video for Windows

(1)

Chapter 6: Getting Your PC Set Up for Internet Telephony

(22)

PC Minimum System Requirements

(1)

PC Recommended System Requirements

(1)

More on What You Need to Make Your System Work

(5)

486 or Pentium processor

(1)

8MB RAM

(1)

Windows 3.1 or later

(1)

TCP/IP -- Winsock 1.1 or better compliant

(1)

Sound cards

(3)

VGA card of 256 colors

(1)

Older PCs

(1)

An Introduction to PC Internet Telephony Programs -- WOW!

(3)

Microsoft NetMeeting

(1)

Netscape Conference

(1)

Intel Internet Video Phone

(2)

VocalTec Internet Phone

(1)

CU-SeeMe

(2)

WebPhone

(1)

FreeTel

(1)

Voxware TeleVox

(1)

DigiPhone

(1)

Speak Freely

(1)

Other PC programs

(1)

Installing Internet Phone on your PC

(1)

Installing Other Programs Is Just As Easy

(2)

Chapter 7: Getting Your Mac OS Computer Set Up for Internet Telephony

(16)

Mac Minimum System Requirements

100

(1)

Mac Recommended System Requirements

100

(1)

More On What You Need to Make Your System Work

101

(3)

68030, 040, PowerPC

101

(1)

8MB RAM

102

(1)

System 7.0 or greater

102

(1)

SoundManager 3.x

102

(1)

TCP/IP-Open Transport or MacTCP installed -- Open Transport 1.1.2 preferred

103

(1)

Sound cards not needed

104

(1)

Mac Internet Telephony Programs

104

(8)

Netscape Conference

104

(2)

CU-SeeMe

106

(1)

Internet Phone for Macintosh

107

(1)

PGPfone: say what you please

108

(2)

An old favorite with a new name: DigiPhone for the Mac

110

(1)

Other products for the Mac

111

(1)

Installing Internet Phone on Your Mac: Easy as (Apple) Pie

112

(3)

Chapter 8: The "Now Ready for Real-Time" Audio and Video Players

115

(12)

How Live Audio and Video Products Work

116

(1)

Is it live, or is it on demand?

116

(1)

Hardware? Chances are, you've got it

117

(1)

What Are Your Options?

117

(3)

Low, low price

117

(1)

Plug-in versus helper

118

(1)

Multicasting -- the future of streaming?

119

(1)

Streaming Video Applications

120

(3)

Progressive Networks' RealPlayer

120

(1)

Microsoft NetShow

121

(1)

Vivo Software's VivoActive

121

(1)

Xing StreamWorks

122

(1)

VDOLive

122

(1)

Audio-Only Apps

123

(2)

DSP Group True Speech

123

(1)

Macromedia Shockwave

123

(1)

Netscape Media Player

124

(1)

VocalTec IWave

124

(1)

VoxWare ToolVox for the Web

125

(1)

Where to Start?

125

(2)

Part II: You Make the Call: Using Internet Telephony Products

127

(120)

Chapter 9: Using Microsoft NetMeeting

129

(22)

What Does NetMeeting Look Like?

130

(3)

Getting Yourself Configured

133

(4)

How Do I Make a Call?

137

(6)

Placing a call by using the ILS Directory

138

(1)

Calling directly

139

(1)

Speed dialing

139

(2)

Incoming!

141

(1)

Making adjustments

141

(2)

Breaking up is hard to do (Hanging up isn't)

143

(1)

What Else Can I Do with NetMeeting?

143

(5)

Application sharing

143

(1)

File transfer

144

(1)

Whiteboarding

145

(2)

Text chat

147

(1)

It's a Party: Multiparty Conferences

148

(2)

What you can and can't do in a meeting

148

(1)

Hierarchies, and stuff like that

148

(1)

How to set up a meeting

149

(1)

Putting NetMeeting to Bed

150

(1)

Chapter 10: Using the VocalTec Internet Phone

151

(32)

A Quick Peek at the Interface

151

(5)

Configuring Internet Phone

156

(3)

Fine-tuning your audio

156

(1)

Setting up your video

157

(2)

Making the Server Serve You

159

(5)

Connecting to the server

160

(1)

Getting into Chat Rooms

160

(4)

Initiating the Call

164

(3)

Messing around with video

165

(1)

Putting someone on hold

165

(1)

Hanging up

166

(1)

Finding out who's online

166

(1)

Saving Names and Making Calls

167

(3)

Using your Personal Directory

167

(2)

Tracking down someone you already talked to

169

(1)

Using the Session List

170

(1)

Making a Direct Call

170

(1)

Receiving a Call

171

(2)

Manual Accept

172

(1)

Automatic Answer

172

(1)

Blocking calls

173

(1)

What if you're already talking to someone else?

173

(1)

Other Neat Features

173

(5)

Using the Text Chat feature

173

(1)

Using the Whiteboard

174

(1)

Sending a voice mail message

175

(2)

Transferring files

177

(1)

Say Goodnight, Gracie: Quitting Internet Phone

178

(1)

Internet Phone for the Macintosh

178

(5)

Calling from the OnLine Directory

180

(2)

The virtues of being direct

182

(1)

Using the QuickDial feature

182

(1)

Getting back to work

182

(1)

Chapter 11: Using Intel Internet Video Phone on Your PC

183

(14)

A Quick Look around Internet Video Phone

183

(2)

Configuring Internet Video Phone

185

(5)

Establishing calling preferences

186

(1)

Getting listed

187

(2)

Setting your general preferences

189

(1)

Making Your First Call

190

(6)

Calling from a Web directory

190

(2)

Video fun

192

(1)

Placing a direct call

193

(1)

Remember to say "Hello"

194

(1)

Star 69 (Not the REM song)

195

(1)

Speed dialing your way to happiness

195

(1)

Ciao!

196

(1)

Chapter 12: Using Netscape Conference

197

(20)

Snooping Around

198

(1)

Setting Up Conference on Your PC

199

(3)

Off to see the wizard

199

(1)

Options, options, options

200

(2)

Conferencing Know-How

202

(7)

Calling using the DLS system

202

(1)

Adjusting your call quality

203

(2)

Reach out and touch someone on the Web

205

(1)

Adding someone to your Conference Address Book

206

(1)

Calling from the Address Book

207

(1)

Using Speed Dial

208

(1)

Receiving a call

208

(1)

Sharing Is Caring

209

(7)

Better than a chalkboard, but no erasers to clap

209

(2)

Using Text Chat

211

(1)

Browsing the Web with someone else

212

(1)

Sharing files

213

(2)

Talking to the answering machine

215

(1)

See-Ya!

216

(1)

Chapter 13: Picture This: Using CU-SeeMe 3.0

217

(30)

The CU-SeeMe Interface

218

(3)

I've Got a Configuration, Jones

221

(8)

Setting things up

222

(1)

Editing your personal profile

222

(3)

Setting calling options

225

(1)

Testing it out

226

(3)

Videoconferencing for (And with) Everyone

229

(10)

Making a call from the PhoneBook

230

(3)

Looking, talking, making adjustments

233

(4)

Hanging up

237

(1)

Be direct!

237

(1)

Checking out who's online

238

(1)

Keeping Track of Addresses

239

(5)

CU-SeeMe and the Web

244

(1)

The WhitePineBoard

245

(2)

Part III: Internet Telephony: Not Just for PCs Anymore

247

(28)

Chapter 14: PC-to-Telephone Gateway Services

249

(6)

What's It All About?

250

(1)

What Do You Need to Use Gateways?

251

(1)

Who Offers Gateway Services?

251

(2)

IDT's Net2Phone

252

(1)

Global Exchange Carrier (GXC)

252

(1)

Killer Applications: Commerce and Call Centers

253

(2)

Chapter 15: Telephone-to-Telephone Gateway Services

255

(6)

What's the Deal?

256

(1)

What Kinds of Services Will Be Available?

256

(1)

Who Offers (or Has Announced) These Services?

257

(1)

What's Holding Back Development?

258

(2)

The Real Goal: Convergence

260

(1)

Chapter 16: Using Internet Telephony in Your Corporate Intranet

261

(8)

Why Use Internet Telephony on Your Intranet?

262

(3)

The bottom line is the bottom line

262

(1)

Productivity ain't too shabby, either

263

(1)

Internet telephony just plain works better on an intranet

263

(2)

An Easy First Step: Using Client Software

265

(1)

More Complicated, But More Sophisticated: Using Gateways

266

(3)

Chapter 17: Using the Internet for Faxing

269

(6)

Why Does It Make Sense to Fax on the 'Net?

270

(1)

How Does Internet Faxing Work?

271

(1)

How to Get Started with Internet Fax

271

(1)

Some Service Providers

272

(3)

FaxSav

272

(1)

NetCentric FaxStorm

273

(1)

Future providers

273

(2)

Part IV: The Part of Tens: Hip Stuff from the Internet

275

(50)

Chapter 18: Ten Ways You Can Use Internet Telephony and Video Now

277

(6)

Chapter 19: Ten Hot 'Net Sites Where Video Is Used Today

283

(6)

Chapter 20: Ten (Plus One) Tricks to Sounding and Looking Good on the 'Net

289

(6)

Chapter 21: Ten (or So) Good FAQs and Mailing Lists to Check Out

295

(4)

Chapter 22: Ten Good Publications to Read to Follow This Topic

299

(4)

Chapter 23: Help File: Ten Common Problems and How to Fix Them

303

(8)

Chapter 24: Ten Neat Things You Can't Do on the Net -- Yet!

311

(6)

Chapter 25: Ten Things About to Happen with Internet Telephony and Video

317

(8)

Part V: Appendixes

325

(14)

Appendix A: U.S. National Internet Service Providers

327

(2)

Appendix B: Gateway Hardware Vendors

329

(2)

Appendix C: About the CD

331

(8)

Index

339

(19)

License Agreement

358

(2)

Installation Instructions

360

IDG Books Worldwide Registration Card

Back of Book

Please wait while the item is added to your bag...

FREE SHIPPING

Amazon no longer offers textbook rentals. We do!

Internet Telephony for Dummies

Summary

Table of Contents

Supplemental Materials