http://www.vineetrohatgi.com Supporting the next generation of communication technology Wed, 20 Aug 2008 14:09:03 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Having any issues with Google connectivity and/or awareness ?  Google has recently added a new server to the mix (209.85.201.125).  You'll have to update your firewall rules to allow outbound connections from your gateway to 209.85.201.125  on port 5269 in order to resolve the issue. http://www.vineetrohatgi.com/index.php/2008/08/20/heads-up-google-connectivityawareness-issue/ Having trouble trying to decide what type of clients to roll out to your environment? I’d like to try and help make your decision a bit easier… As I am sure you already know, both clients are essentially the same. The embedded Sametime client (ESC) in Notes (a.k.a the Sametime Contacts plugin) ... http://www.vineetrohatgi.com/index.php/2008/08/10/embedded-sametime-client-vs-stand-alone-connect-client/ Anyone interested in deploying the Sametime Connect Client 8.x ? If you have questions/comments/concerns or even praises , come join us at the Open Mic that is scheduled for August 6th, 2008. Here is a link with more details: http://www-1.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?rs=477&uid=swg21314871 cya there! http://www.vineetrohatgi.com/index.php/2008/08/04/sametime-80-client-deployment-open-mic-on-6-august-2008/ Wow, it's been quite awhile since I've posted last. Life, in general, has been super hectic so I just havent been able to find the time to post.  (I'll be trying to change that a bit here in the near future...)  Anyways, how many of ya'll drive fairly regularly on the ... http://www.vineetrohatgi.com/index.php/2008/08/01/highway-driving/ Yahoo has scheduled a maintenance outage on Tuesday May 6th, 2008 starting at 5:00 PM PDT and ending at 9:00 PM PDT. This outage impacts the servers that IBM's Sametime Gateway deployments communicate with. During this time, Sametime/Yahoo users should expect some interuption in service (awareness/chat) between each other. Please advise your ... http://www.vineetrohatgi.com/index.php/2008/05/05/disruption-of-service-with-yahoo-on-may-6-2008/ Have you ever wanted to customize the default folder options of the Windows' Save dialog box? I have wasted so much time traversing through my directories trying to get to the few folders that I always save attachments in. You are thinking to yourself... why don't you just optimize your ... http://www.vineetrohatgi.com/index.php/2008/04/22/customize-file-open-or-save-dialogs/ Hey guys, if you haven't heard, Yahoo is migrating their gateways to new hardware with new hostnames & ips. What's this mean to you if you have Sametime Gateway deployed ? Well, you have to update your firewall rules to include all the new hostnames/ips. If you don't do that before April 24th, service with Yahoo will ... http://www.vineetrohatgi.com/index.php/2008/04/21/sametime-gateway-wont-be-able-to-communicate-with-yahoo-starting-april-24th/ Hmmm.. tasty! We had our 1st annual crawfish boil this past weekend, and it was a blast! As you may know, I was born and raised in New Orleans, LA, but now live in the Lone-Star state; so I've been longing for some good ole-fashioned crawdads. My wife and I were ... http://www.vineetrohatgi.com/index.php/2008/04/14/our-1st-crawfish-boil/ To be honest, most of you may already know this, but I get enough questions on how to customize the Windows services panel, I'd thought I'd share what I know...  You ever get annoyed with how the Windows services panel always loads the Extended tab (less real estate) instead of the ... http://www.vineetrohatgi.com/index.php/2008/02/20/customing-the-windows-services-panel/ Have you ever heard of Google Apps for your Domain ? It's basically a free all-in-one service offered by Google that consists of "all the functionality of Gmail, Google Talk and Google Calendar" (Google's Blog) specifically for your domain. The following post also gives a more complete description of what the service offers: Anil Dash's ... http://www.vineetrohatgi.com/index.php/2008/02/19/sametime-gateway-google-apps-for-your-domain/