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Matt
April 13th 03, 08:15 PM
Thanks a lot for your help!

>-----Original Message-----
>Greetings Matt,
>
>To be honest, I'm not exactly sure (the
NetworkEverywhere/Linksys relationship is weird) --
>make sure you have the latest firmware (you'll have it
on their site under Support), then go
>into the router configuration (probably
http://192.168.1.1), Password tab and see if you have
>UPnP toggle. If you do, switch it on, then reboot your
PC. You should then have access to
>voice/video/remote assistance etc. through your router.
Note that for UPnP file transfer,
>you'll need to use MSN Messenger 5:
>http://messenger.msn.com/download/download.asp?client=1.
>
>With UPnP, no configuration is necessary, but if you're
curious, voice/video uses ports
>5004-65535 UDP, file transfer 6891-6900 TCP,
Whiteboard/Application Sharing 1503, and Remote
>Assistance 3389.
>____________________________________________
>Jonathan Kay
>Windows MVP, Messenger
>Associate Expert
>http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone/
>Messenger Resources - http://messenger.jonathankay.com
>
>"Matt" > wrote in message
...
>> I have just installed a router to share my internet
connection with a
>> playstation2. Everything works fine, the only problem
is when I try to have
>> a voice/video conversation using MSN Messenger. I have
read some posts and I
>> understand that my router must support UPnP.
>>
>> My router model is NR041 from Networkseverywhere
(www.networkeverywhere.com)
>> I have seen some options for port forwarding or
something like that, but I'm
>> not very familiar with this configurations.
>>
>> I would like to know if my router does definetely
support UPnP in order to
>> use all MSN Messenger features. If it does, which are
the ports used by MSN
>> Messenger?
>>
>> Any ideas?
>>
>> Thanks a lot,
>>
>> Matt
>>
>>
>
>
>.
>

Jonathan Kay [MVP]
April 13th 03, 10:44 PM
Hi Matt,

You're very welcome =).
____________________________________________
Jonathan Kay
Windows MVP, Messenger
Associate Expert
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone/
Messenger Resources - http://messenger.jonathankay.com

"Matt" > wrote in message
...
> Thanks a lot for your help!
>
> >-----Original Message-----
> >Greetings Matt,
> >
> >To be honest, I'm not exactly sure (the
> NetworkEverywhere/Linksys relationship is weird) --
> >make sure you have the latest firmware (you'll have it
> on their site under Support), then go
> >into the router configuration (probably
> http://192.168.1.1), Password tab and see if you have
> >UPnP toggle. If you do, switch it on, then reboot your
> PC. You should then have access to
> >voice/video/remote assistance etc. through your router.
> Note that for UPnP file transfer,
> >you'll need to use MSN Messenger 5:
> >http://messenger.msn.com/download/download.asp?client=1.
> >
> >With UPnP, no configuration is necessary, but if you're
> curious, voice/video uses ports
> >5004-65535 UDP, file transfer 6891-6900 TCP,
> Whiteboard/Application Sharing 1503, and Remote
> >Assistance 3389.
> >____________________________________________
> >Jonathan Kay
> >Windows MVP, Messenger
> >Associate Expert
> >http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone/
> >Messenger Resources - http://messenger.jonathankay.com
> >
> >"Matt" > wrote in message
> ...
> >> I have just installed a router to share my internet
> connection with a
> >> playstation2. Everything works fine, the only problem
> is when I try to have
> >> a voice/video conversation using MSN Messenger. I have
> read some posts and I
> >> understand that my router must support UPnP.
> >>
> >> My router model is NR041 from Networkseverywhere
> (www.networkeverywhere.com)
> >> I have seen some options for port forwarding or
> something like that, but I'm
> >> not very familiar with this configurations.
> >>
> >> I would like to know if my router does definetely
> support UPnP in order to
> >> use all MSN Messenger features. If it does, which are
> the ports used by MSN
> >> Messenger?
> >>
> >> Any ideas?
> >>
> >> Thanks a lot,
> >>
> >> Matt
> >>
> >>
> >
> >
> >.
> >

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