[vortex-bug] Bug with Darwin Streaming Server

[terokoi@nic.fi]

Hello all!

I'm new at the list and I don't know has this issue been here before:

It seems that 3Com's 3C9xxx ethernet-card family is partly uncompatible with Linux 
distribution (RedHat 7.0) of Darwin (=Quicktime) Streaming Server!

Problem occurs when the server is doing http-streaming over port 80. It sends 
nothing to the receiver with that method for bypassing the firewalls!

Here's what Apple's tutorials tells about that method:

"HTTP tunneling. When all else fails, use HTTP tunneling to "wrap" your RTP packets 
inside ordinary HTTP packets. This usually allows the stream to pass through any 
firewall or NAT router. To enable HTTP tunneling, each viewer must configure her 
QuickTime Settings control panel by checking Use HTTP and setting the port to 80 
(or the port used for HTTP transfers by your streaming server), and the server must 
be set up to support HTTP tunneling."

And I'm not the only one that has faced this problem according QT mailing list.

I know I should be far more accurate, but I'm not the system operator and I don't 
know about the driver version (3C905C card) of the box I'm running my DSS. But I 
have root-access, so I can dig up all information what's needed if you specify where 
it's at.

Here's quote that I had from Apple's Quicktime specialist on their mailing list:

--->Quote start
If you are STILL having problems streaming over HTTP, and
if you are certain that Apache is not running, then find
out what your Ethernet card and driver you are using.

We once ran into an issue where I was helping someone
with a similar problem, and they were using a 3COM 3C9xxx
network interface card.  They ended up replacing the
card with a cheap Linksys Ethernet card with a Digital
Chip using the "tulip" driver.
<---End quote

Do you know is this a driver issue or some hardware bug?!?

- Tero Koivula, Finland.
terokoi@nic.fi

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