Re: plz help with win/msn voice

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From: Jonathan Kay [MVP] (msnewsreplies_at_jonathankay.com)
Date: 07/13/04 

Date: Tue, 13 Jul 2004 11:29:32 -0400

Greetings Mandy,

Port 6901 has not been used for Messenger audio functionality since Messenger 3.x, and as
such, will have absolutely no effect on your problem (so you can remove that).

In order for this to work, your router must support Universal Plug and Play (UPnP). Most
modern Linksys routers do support UPnP, but you'll either need the latest firmware for the
router (available at http://www.linksys.com/download) or you may just need to switch on UPnP
in the router configuration. Note that after switching UPnP, you will need to completely
close (Right-click on the Messenger icon in the notification area/system tray and choose
Exit) and then restart Messenger.
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"mandymandy" <anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:2c2fc01c4688d$9a9f38e0$a301280a@phx.gbl...
> i've just bought a new pc ( XP home ) & am using linksys
> router which connects to the internet through a non-UPNP
> symmetric NAT administrator and i'm not able to do voice
> at all on windows messenger as well as msn messenger :(
> plzzzzzzzzzz will someone help me out here .. when i
> invite my fren to do voice it says > the conversation
> with >fren's nic< has ended < within a min. while my fren
> gets dis on her convo. window when she invites > the
> network or computer you are trying to reach is
> experiencing a problem please try again later i'd just
> called up my cable co. opened up port 6901 on both the
> TCP and UDP ports and it's still not working at all both
> on my windows and msn messenger. i've turned off my
> firewall too task bar > personal firewall > disable .. so
> what else am i not doing right ?? plzzzzzz helpppp

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