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
>>
>>
>
>
>.
>
>-----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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