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Video and Voice over Linksys WRT54G Wireless Router Not Working
Has anybody gotten Windows Messenger 4.7 to work with a webcam over a
Linksys WRT54G wireless router. Me and a buddy of mine just upgraded to the wireless router and now we can't use a webcam for conversations. Thanks for any info. Gregg |
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Video and Voice over Linksys WRT54G Wireless Router Not Working
Greetings Gregg,
In order to establish voice/video connections over a NAT (router), the router must support Universal Plug and Play (UPnP). Most of the models of the WRT54G that were recently released do not have UPnP firmware. However, there is now an update to allow it to support UPnP: http://www.linksys.com/download/firmware.asp?fwid=178 After installation, UPnP may be need to turned on (I haven't actually seen the configuration for the WRT54G, but if its similar to other Linksys firmware, the UPnP toggle will be on the Password tab). After upgrading the firmware and turning on UPnP, the PC will need to be rebooted and then voice/video should work. ____________________________________________ Jonathan Kay Windows MVP, Messenger Associate Expert http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone/ Messenger Resources - http://messenger.jonathankay.com "Gregg Walker" wrote in message ... Has anybody gotten Windows Messenger 4.7 to work with a webcam over a Linksys WRT54G wireless router. Me and a buddy of mine just upgraded to the wireless router and now we can't use a webcam for conversations. Thanks for any info. Gregg |
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Video and Voice over Linksys WRT54G Wireless Router Not Working
I already downloaded and installed the firmware update. Haven't rebooted my
machine yet though. Thanks for the info. Gregg Walker "Jonathan Kay [MVP]" wrote in message ... Greetings Gregg, In order to establish voice/video connections over a NAT (router), the router must support Universal Plug and Play (UPnP). Most of the models of the WRT54G that were recently released do not have UPnP firmware. However, there is now an update to allow it to support UPnP: http://www.linksys.com/download/firmware.asp?fwid=178 After installation, UPnP may be need to turned on (I haven't actually seen the configuration for the WRT54G, but if its similar to other Linksys firmware, the UPnP toggle will be on the Password tab). After upgrading the firmware and turning on UPnP, the PC will need to be rebooted and then voice/video should work. ____________________________________________ Jonathan Kay Windows MVP, Messenger Associate Expert http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone/ Messenger Resources - http://messenger.jonathankay.com "Gregg Walker" wrote in message ... Has anybody gotten Windows Messenger 4.7 to work with a webcam over a Linksys WRT54G wireless router. Me and a buddy of mine just upgraded to the wireless router and now we can't use a webcam for conversations. Thanks for any info. Gregg |
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Video and Voice over Linksys WRT54G Wireless Router Not Working
Hi Gregg,
You're very welcome =). ____________________________________________ Jonathan Kay Windows MVP, Messenger Associate Expert http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone/ Messenger Resources - http://messenger.jonathankay.com "Gregg Walker" wrote in message ... I already downloaded and installed the firmware update. Haven't rebooted my machine yet though. Thanks for the info. Gregg Walker "Jonathan Kay [MVP]" wrote in message ... Greetings Gregg, In order to establish voice/video connections over a NAT (router), the router must support Universal Plug and Play (UPnP). Most of the models of the WRT54G that were recently released do not have UPnP firmware. However, there is now an update to allow it to support UPnP: http://www.linksys.com/download/firmware.asp?fwid=178 After installation, UPnP may be need to turned on (I haven't actually seen the configuration for the WRT54G, but if its similar to other Linksys firmware, the UPnP toggle will be on the Password tab). After upgrading the firmware and turning on UPnP, the PC will need to be rebooted and then voice/video should work. ____________________________________________ Jonathan Kay Windows MVP, Messenger Associate Expert http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone/ Messenger Resources - http://messenger.jonathankay.com "Gregg Walker" wrote in message ... Has anybody gotten Windows Messenger 4.7 to work with a webcam over a Linksys WRT54G wireless router. Me and a buddy of mine just upgraded to the wireless router and now we can't use a webcam for conversations. Thanks for any info. Gregg |
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