two questions

I have two questions that may or may not be related.

1) why is it that one of two XP machines would be able to get thru my
linksys router when using voice over wm and can only send audio out but not
hear audio in? I know the other endpoint is ok, because one system works
fine talking to the same destination, which precludes a problem on the other
end. The problematic system is Home, using messenger5.0, while the working
system is Pro using wm4.7. The router is being passed ports via either
system (3 right now) by the XP Home system. I have tried to configure
Network Connections/Inet Gateway, but it doesn't appear. It does show up on
the Pro system.

2) why is my router sending out ARP requests for ownership of the WAN IP
address from the LAN IP address of the router while messenger is being used
on the XP Home system. I have never seen this before. (i.e. ARP "who owns
24.102.139.xxx from 192.168.1.1)

For what it's worth (and I notice no one could help me with my quandries), I
found that the XP Home system had both 5.0 and 4.7 installed, but 5.0 was
the one being used (and causing the problems). I uninstalled 5.0 and found
that using 4.7 solves the voice problem. Go figure.

So, it appears that under some circumstances, 4.7 is superior to 5.0



"Phil Mitchell" wrote in message
le.rogers.com...
I have two questions that may or may not be related.

1) why is it that one of two XP machines would be able to get thru my
linksys router when using voice over wm and can only send audio out but
not
hear audio in? I know the other endpoint is ok, because one system works
fine talking to the same destination, which precludes a problem on the
other
end. The problematic system is Home, using messenger5.0, while the working
system is Pro using wm4.7. The router is being passed ports via either
system (3 right now) by the XP Home system. I have tried to configure
Network Connections/Inet Gateway, but it doesn't appear. It does show up
on
the Pro system.

2) why is my router sending out ARP requests for ownership of the WAN IP
address from the LAN IP address of the router while messenger is being
used
on the XP Home system. I have never seen this before. (i.e. ARP "who owns
24.102.139.xxx from 192.168.1.1)

Everthing you always wanted to know but were afraid to ask:


Windows XP Networking Features and Enhancments

http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/p...rking/overview
/default.asp


Windows Messenger in Windows XP: Working with Firewalls and Network Address
Translation Devices

http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/p...fw/default.asp


You cannot make phone calls or start voice or video conversations with
Windows Messenger

http://support.microsoft.com/default...b;en-us;324214



Tim :-)



"Phil Mitchell" wrote in message
le.rogers.com...
I have two questions that may or may not be related.

1) why is it that one of two XP machines would be able to get thru my
linksys router when using voice over wm and can only send audio out but
not
hear audio in? I know the other endpoint is ok, because one system works
fine talking to the same destination, which precludes a problem on the
other
end. The problematic system is Home, using messenger5.0, while the working
system is Pro using wm4.7. The router is being passed ports via either
system (3 right now) by the XP Home system. I have tried to configure
Network Connections/Inet Gateway, but it doesn't appear. It does show up
on
the Pro system.

2) why is my router sending out ARP requests for ownership of the WAN IP
address from the LAN IP address of the router while messenger is being
used
on the XP Home system. I have never seen this before. (i.e. ARP "who owns
24.102.139.xxx from 192.168.1.1)