Groove Virtual Office 3.x cannot communicate off the local subnet on computers that use AT&T cellular wireless Internet (917173)



The information in this article applies to:

  • Groove Virtual Office 3.0 File Sharing Edition
  • Groove Virtual Office 3.0 Professional Edition
  • Groove Virtual Office 3.0 Project Edition
  • Groove Virtual Office 3.0 Trial Edition
  • Groove Virtual Office 3.1 File Sharing Edition
  • Groove Virtual Office 3.1 Professional Edition
  • Groove Virtual Office 3.1 Project Edition
  • Groove Virtual Office 3.1 Trial Edition

SYMPTOMS

Groove Virtual Office 3.x cannot communicate off the local subnet on computers that use AT&T cellular wireless Internet.

CAUSE

This issue occurs because a helper application for AT&T cellular wireless Internet prevents Groove Virtual Office 3.x from communicating with Groove Relay Server.

If your computer is configured for AT&T cellular wireless Internet, the computer may be running a helper application called NetGain. This application compresses wireless connection data and sends the data to a server. The server then decompresses the data and sends the data out to the Internet.

The NetGain application appears to prevent Groove Virtual Office 3.x from communicating with servers that are running Groove Relay Server. Therefore, awareness notifications, messages, and workspace communications that are sent or received through the Relay Server server fail.

RESOLUTION

To resolve this issue, disable the NetGain application.

MORE INFORMATION

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Modification Type:MajorLast Reviewed:7/14/2006
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