If your school is equipped with video conferencing technology, you may be eligible to participate in a MYVIsit Video Conference. These special conferences are available on a "first come first serve" basis and each request is subject to technical verification. Fill out all of the information below and once your request has been reviewed a MYVisit representative will contact you. "first come first serve" basis and each request is subject to technical verification.

Technical Specifications

Video conferencing at Ball State University is implemented by using the internet using the H.323 video protocol. Like most organizations involved with video conferencing, gatekeepers are utilized to assist with call setup, name resolution, bandwidth management, and firewall/NAT traversal. Ball State has three gatekeepers for the following zones: on-campus, off-campus, and global partners. In order for other locations throughout the United States and globally we ask that all participants either be registered with our gatekeepers, be registered with either the Indiana Higher Education Telecommunications System, (IHETS) or with VideNet, or use IP + extension dialing (if supported by your codec).

The purpose of using gatekeepers is so that any location that wants to interact with Ball State University can do so using an E-164 dialing plan. This dialing plan maps an E-164 number to the conferencing device's IP address. Example IP Address of 125.220.4.6 could actually be dialed as 86062487891. Further details about registering with our gatekeepers can be found by going to www.bsu.edu/gatekeeper and going to the instructions section of the web page.
The Video Network Information Center, (VNIC) also has a web page that allows off campus guests or on campus sites to fill out a request for conferencing form and the location for this site is www.bsu.edu/vnic

For a 384K video conference, the network must be able to sustain 768 Kbps (plus 10% for overhead) and down to work, also QoS needs to be established on the line as well and the following ports need to be open:

The ports that need to be opened for Video Conferencing are:

1719 - TCP/UDP (gatekeeper communications)

1720 - TCP/UDP (call setup)

1731 - TCP/UDP (audio call control)

3230 thru 3253 TCP/UDP (polycom fixed ports)

The following are NOT required for an actual conference

3603 - TCP (management port for Polycom PVX/ViaVideo)

80 - TCP (management port for Polycom Viewstation/

Be sure to complete all of the fields in the form below and click Register.