Steinberg Nuendo 4 Networking Manual

Networking 

Cristina Bachmann, Heiko Bischoff, Marion Bröer, Sabine Pfeifer
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Table of Contents 

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Table of Contents
5Networking
6Introduction
6What can I use the Networking functions for?
6About the technology
7Getting started - selecting a user name and basic 
procedure
9Setting up a network
11Sharing projects
17Joining projects
19Working with shared projects
22Chatting with other users on the network
22Opening projects with network settings
22The Network dialogs
25Index 

Networking 

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Introduction
This document describes how you can use Nuendo’s net-
working technology to collaborate with other users of Nu-
endo in a peer-to-peer network.
The “owner” of a project can share it with any number of 
users via LAN (Local Area Network) connections and/or 
WAN (Wide Area Network) connections via standard net-
work protocols.
This allows several separate users to work on a project si-
multaneously and coordinate their efforts, as well as ex-
change ideas and suggestions.
Using...

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This means that the TCP ports 6991 and 6992 must be 
open on all computers. Firewalls may block messages to 
these ports, thus making connection impossible. Consult 
the documentation for your firewall (or operating system) 
for information about how to open ports – or contact your 
network administrator.
If your computer is in a subnet that uses NAT
If your computer resides in a subnet that uses NAT (Net-
work Address Translation), all computers in the subnet 
share the same external IP...

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4.Click “Yes” to enter your user name.
A dialog opens in which you can enter your user name.
If you don’t enter a user name at this point, the network 
will not be activated.
5.Click in the text box, type in a name of your choice and 
click “OK”.
If the network has already been created, the original creator - or adminis-
trator - may have already decided on user names for all participants. If so, 
ask the administrator if a name already exists for you and enter that. See 
“Creating a...

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Setting up a network
The following is a description of how to set up a network 
with both LAN and WAN connections.
 For LAN connections, all computers must be part of the same 
network and communicate properly.

For WAN connections, all computers must have a working In-
ternet connec
tion and a public IP address.
If your intended network meets these criteria, follow the 
procedures described below to set things up.
Setting up LAN connections
If you want to connect to other users via a LAN,...

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Should you be unable to establish a WAN connection, first 
verify that you entered the IP address correctly. Connec-
tion problems may also occur for the following reasons:
Your computer and/or the computer you’re trying to 
connect to is protected by a firewall.
See “Considerations for Internet use” on page 6 for more information 
about how to resolve firewall problems.
Your computer and/or the computer you’re trying to 
connect to doesn’t have the necessary ports open.
See “Considerations...