UPnP enables, intermittent internet.

[Kyle]

I made sure my Linksys firmware was updated, but when UPnP is enabled my msn
messenger kept losing connection every 10 minutes or so. After I disable
UPnP everything is back to normal. Any solution around this issue.

[Paul Westwell]

Kyle,

Interesting you mention this as I have just finally come up with the same
conclusion.

Out of interest what router and firmware are you using, mine is the BEFSR41
ver2 running firmware 1.46.2

What has been bugging me for ages is that large http downloads stop, I spent
all day yesterday looking at this to find that is dmz was enabled for the
particular machine all was fine. I then removed dmz and the problem returned
but the other thing I had noticed is that when upnp is enabled the icon
under "my network places" comes and goes! Turning off upnp fixes the http
downloads as well as msn.

I don't have a solution and am in the same boat as yourself

So the question is can MSN work without upnp on multiple machines hanging
off the same router.?

Regards,

Paul


"Kyle" > wrote in message
...
>I made sure my Linksys firmware was updated, but when UPnP is enabled my
>msn
> messenger kept losing connection every 10 minutes or so. After I disable
> UPnP everything is back to normal. Any solution around this issue.

Same problem here, frequent red lites on the router and
disconnects.

I did not try DMZ.
>-----Original Message-----
>Kyle,
>
>Interesting you mention this as I have just finally come
up with the same
>conclusion.
>
>Out of interest what router and firmware are you using,
mine is the BEFSR41
>ver2 running firmware 1.46.2
>
>What has been bugging me for ages is that large http
downloads stop, I spent
>all day yesterday looking at this to find that is dmz was
enabled for the
>particular machine all was fine. I then removed dmz and
the problem returned
>but the other thing I had noticed is that when upnp is
enabled the icon
>under "my network places" comes and goes! Turning off
upnp fixes the http
>downloads as well as msn.
>
>I don't have a solution and am in the same boat as
yourself
>
>So the question is can MSN work without upnp on multiple
machines hanging
>off the same router.?
>
>Regards,
>
>Paul
>
>
>"Kyle" > wrote in message
...
>>I made sure my Linksys firmware was updated, but when
UPnP is enabled my
>>msn
>> messenger kept losing connection every 10 minutes or
so. After I disable
>> UPnP everything is back to normal. Any solution around
this issue.
>
>
>.
>