ports needed?

[desperate to use audio]

I have msn messenger 6.2, xp home, linksys BEFW11S4
router, & can't get audio to work. if I plug the modem
directly to my pc I can use the audio with no problems.
When I did the live support with linksys, they said I
need the port number from msn for the audio. How do I
get this?

Thanks

[Jonathan Kay [MVP]]

Greetings,

Linksys is wrong, opening ports will do nothing (which by the way are ports 5004 through
65535 UDP). What you need to do is obtain the latest firmwrae for your Linksys router
(http://www.linksys.com/download), then make sure that UPnP is engaged in the router (see
router configuration screens).
____________________________________________
Jonathan Kay
Microsoft MVP - Windows Messenger/MSN Messenger
Associate Expert
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone/
Messenger Resources - http://messenger.jonathankay.com
All posts unless otherwise specified are (c) 2004 Jonathan Kay.
You *must* contact me for redistribution rights.

"desperate to use audio" > wrote in message
...
>I have msn messenger 6.2, xp home, linksys BEFW11S4
> router, & can't get audio to work. if I plug the modem
> directly to my pc I can use the audio with no problems.
> When I did the live support with linksys, they said I
> need the port number from msn for the audio. How do I
> get this?
>
> Thanks

[FAdzi]

I too have a Linksys router w DSL I cannot connect to Messenger. If UPnP is
engaged
what else can I try.


"Jonathan Kay [MVP]" wrote:

> Greetings,
>
> Linksys is wrong, opening ports will do nothing (which by the way are ports 5004 through
> 65535 UDP). What you need to do is obtain the latest firmwrae for your Linksys router
> (http://www.linksys.com/download), then make sure that UPnP is engaged in the router (see
> router configuration screens).
> ____________________________________________
> Jonathan Kay
> Microsoft MVP - Windows Messenger/MSN Messenger
> Associate Expert
> http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone/
> Messenger Resources - http://messenger.jonathankay.com
> All posts unless otherwise specified are (c) 2004 Jonathan Kay.
> You *must* contact me for redistribution rights.
>
> "desperate to use audio" > wrote in message
> ...
> >I have msn messenger 6.2, xp home, linksys BEFW11S4
> > router, & can't get audio to work. if I plug the modem
> > directly to my pc I can use the audio with no problems.
> > When I did the live support with linksys, they said I
> > need the port number from msn for the audio. How do I
> > get this?
> >
> > Thanks
>
>
>