Mutliple voice/video chat sessions

Hi,

I'm looking at puchasing a UPnP router. Can most UPnP
routers support mutliple voice/video chat sessions? ie.
two users on my LAN chatting (voice/video) with two
external contacts at the same time.

Any good UPnP routers?

Barry

Greetings Barry,

The best performing UPnP routers for Messenger (and no, I don't make any money by suggesting
this, but I do use one myself) are the Microsoft routers.
http://www.microsoft.com/hardware/br...pe=BaseStation

And yes, two users on the LAN will be able to chat with two [different] external contacts at
the same time without a problem.
____________________________________________
Jonathan Kay
Microsoft MVP - Windows Messenger/MSN Messenger
Associate Expert
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone/
Messenger Resources - http://messenger.jonathankay.com


"Barry" wrote in message
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Hi,

I'm looking at puchasing a UPnP router. Can most UPnP
routers support mutliple voice/video chat sessions? ie.
two users on my LAN chatting (voice/video) with two
external contacts at the same time.

Any good UPnP routers?

Barry

Cheers Jonathan!

But why are they the best performing?? In what way?

Barry

-----Original Message-----
Greetings Barry,

The best performing UPnP routers for Messenger (and no,
I don't make any money by suggesting
this, but I do use one myself) are the Microsoft routers.
http://www.microsoft.com/hardware/br...networking/05_
byProductType.aspx?type=BaseStation

And yes, two users on the LAN will be able to chat with
two [different] external contacts at
the same time without a problem.
____________________________________________
Jonathan Kay
Microsoft MVP - Windows Messenger/MSN Messenger
Associate Expert
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone/
Messenger Resources - http://messenger.jonathankay.com


"Barry" wrote in
message
...
Hi,

I'm looking at puchasing a UPnP router. Can most UPnP
routers support mutliple voice/video chat sessions? ie.
two users on my LAN chatting (voice/video) with two
external contacts at the same time.

Any good UPnP routers?

Barry


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I'm using a Draytek 2600W router and can confirm that it allows multiple
voice sessions. It can connect to the Internet through ADSL or ISDN, has a
built-in firewall (which passes the sleuth tests), and a 4-port Ethernet
hub. This particular model also supports wireless connections, which is
nice. However, I did need to install the latest firmware upgrade, before
Messenger would work.

Keith MacDonald

"Barry" wrote in message
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Hi,

I'm looking at puchasing a UPnP router. Can most UPnP
routers support mutliple voice/video chat sessions? ie.
two users on my LAN chatting (voice/video) with two
external contacts at the same time.

Any good UPnP routers?

Barry

Hi Barry,

Well, they fully support UPnP, which D-Link and Linksys have had trouble with the past (and
as such, features in Messenger wouldn't work). Don't get me wrong, they're not the only ones
that work, but they're the ones I recommend personally (from personal experience) -- they're
also usually priced better then most others.
____________________________________________
Jonathan Kay
Microsoft MVP - Windows Messenger/MSN Messenger
Associate Expert
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone/
Messenger Resources - http://messenger.jonathankay.com



"Baryy" wrote in message
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Cheers Jonathan!

But why are they the best performing?? In what way?

Barry

-----Original Message-----
Greetings Barry,

The best performing UPnP routers for Messenger (and no,
I don't make any money by suggesting
this, but I do use one myself) are the Microsoft routers.
http://www.microsoft.com/hardware/br...networking/05_
byProductType.aspx?type=BaseStation

And yes, two users on the LAN will be able to chat with
two [different] external contacts at
the same time without a problem.
____________________________________________
Jonathan Kay
Microsoft MVP - Windows Messenger/MSN Messenger
Associate Expert
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone/
Messenger Resources - http://messenger.jonathankay.com


"Barry" wrote in
message
...
Hi,

I'm looking at puchasing a UPnP router. Can most UPnP
routers support mutliple voice/video chat sessions? ie.
two users on my LAN chatting (voice/video) with two
external contacts at the same time.

Any good UPnP routers?

Barry


.

I can say, with my netgear fr114p (fw 1426) upnp enabled,
WinXP-SP1 upnp enabled, Windows Messenger 5 and MSN Messenger 6 I am able to
do everything (even paralell with more than one pc in LAN): voice,
video-conf., x-fer, games, whiteboard/app-sharing, remote ...

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Barry typed:
Hi,

I'm looking at puchasing a UPnP router. Can most UPnP
routers support mutliple voice/video chat sessions? ie.
two users on my LAN chatting (voice/video) with two
external contacts at the same time.

Any good UPnP routers?

Barry

Hi

I use a Solwise SAR715, it also does multiple voice and video and fully
supports UPNPray, see solwise at www.solwise.co.uk for more info

Paul

"Baryy" wrote in message
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Cheers Jonathan!

But why are they the best performing?? In what way?

Barry

-----Original Message-----
Greetings Barry,

The best performing UPnP routers for Messenger (and no,
I don't make any money by suggesting
this, but I do use one myself) are the Microsoft routers.
http://www.microsoft.com/hardware/br...networking/05_
byProductType.aspx?type=BaseStation

And yes, two users on the LAN will be able to chat with
two [different] external contacts at
the same time without a problem.
____________________________________________
Jonathan Kay
Microsoft MVP - Windows Messenger/MSN Messenger
Associate Expert
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone/
Messenger Resources - http://messenger.jonathankay.com


"Barry" wrote in
message
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Hi,

I'm looking at puchasing a UPnP router. Can most UPnP
routers support mutliple voice/video chat sessions? ie.
two users on my LAN chatting (voice/video) with two
external contacts at the same time.

Any good UPnP routers?

Barry


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I'm trying something similar and failing. See below:

In message , DCH
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I can say, with my netgear fr114p (fw 1426) upnp enabled

I have a Netgear router which says it supports IPnP

, WinXP-SP1 upnp enabled

Where does one enable this?

, Windows Messenger 5 and MSN Messenger 6

Is it OK to install both of these together? I don't seem to be able to
get any answer about how they differ or intertwine or why there are 2
such similar apps.
I am able to do everything (even paralell with more than one pc in
LAN): voice, video-conf., x-fer, games, whiteboard/app-sharing, remote
...
I just want to do video & voice. To test over the local LAN, I assume
you have to simply log in as two different users. So I'll have to
register with MS twice, right?

Is it correct that UPnP acts as an agent to open ports as needed from
the huge range quoted for video? I can't seem to find a simple
explanation on the Microsoft site, just lots of waffling articles.

Grateful for any help from anyone.
--
Bill Holt