Re: MSN messanger video port number for

Greetings,

Unfortunately it's not that simple, MSN Messenger uses a random port for video and failing
that, uses an outgoing relay.

However, for your reference, the ports used are 5004 through 65535 UDP.

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"pada" <paymand@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> Hello,
> My computer is behind a wireless router. I need to unblock the port for
> MSN messanger video.
> But I don't know the port number.
> Currently whenever I want to use the video option of the MSN I unblock
> all the ports, which is not very safe.
> Thanks for your help
>


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