Re: Wireless Firewall Settings


"Leslie Blake" <leslie1941@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
news:DuqdnbKKjIbYtcjeRVn-vQ@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Would someone kindly let me know the router settings required so that
webcam
> connections via Windows Messenger 5.1 can penetrate the firewall in both
> Belkin and Linksys wireless routers. (different locations).
>
> The only way I can get connected now is to disable the firewall with
obvious
> vulnerability.
>

http://www.microsoft.com/technet/prodtechnol/winxppro/deploy/worki01.mspx
Windows Messenger in Windows XP: Working With Firewalls and Network Address
Translation Devices

It helps if both routers support UPnP. Scroll down to "Configurations That
Work/Do Not Work"


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