Re: Skype problems with routers and NAT

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From: Richard Urban (richardurbanREMOVETHIS_at_hotmail.com)
Date: 03/01/05 

Date: Tue, 1 Mar 2005 14:56:37 -0500

It works fine behind my Linksys router while using ZoneAlarm Professional. 

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Richard Urban
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"Derrick Fawsitt" <46@fitzwilliamonline.com> wrote in message 
news:VT8F3SBzjKJCFw4D@fitzwilliamonline.com...
>A friend I particularly want to install Skpe has stopped installing it 
>until he resolves a particular problem. An article in a UK PC Magazine 
>dealing with Skype and how to install it, (was it PC World), said that you 
>can have trouble with Skype and NAT if you have a router. He has a DLINK D1 
>614plus and he is afraid installing Skype might disrupt his business 
>through his DLINK router. He has asked me to look into this matter for him, 
>can you advise me please. I am not technical so the question posed above is 
>as he explained it to me and my understanding of it. He obviously uses a 
>network so no doubt someone will understand his worry and help me to help 
>him be reassured.
> -- 
> Derrick Fawsitt

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