Re: port forwarding ?

From: Markus Klein (surfer_99_at_web.de)
Date: 03/27/04 

Date: Sat, 27 Mar 2004 19:10:12 +0100

Hello Jonathan,

and what do I have to configure, if my Router does support UPnP?

Regards
Markus

"Jonathan Kay [MVP]" <msnewsreplies@jonathankay.com> schrieb im Newsbeitrag
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> Greetings DC,
>
> Actually just opening the ports for audio/video (assuming that's what
you're trying to get
> working) won't help you. In order to use audio/video conversations
through Messenger, your
> router must support Universal Plug and Play (UPnP) which will then open
the necessary ports
> (just two!) and close them what it's done on its own. Depending on what
Netgear router you
> have, there may be a firmware update which will allow you to use UPnP.
>
> However, just for reference, to forward a port, you would put the local IP
address of the
> computer you want to forward to.
> ____________________________________________
> Jonathan Kay
> Microsoft MVP - Windows Messenger/MSN Messenger
> Associate Expert
> http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone/
> Messenger Resources - http://messenger.jonathankay.com
>
> "DC" <anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:1471a01c41422$3685d2c0$a501280a@phx.gbl...
> > Hi all..looking at my netgear port forwarding settings.
> > What do I need to plug in to allow messenger to work
> > correctly?
> >
> > ports 5004 to 65535 need to opened? Isn't this a huge
> > risk?
> >
> > Also the ip address should be what? The pc's address from
> > the router? The router has an address of 192.168.0.1
> >
> > Think I have everything in there correctly but now I am
> > second guessing myself.
> >
> > DC
>
>

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