Re: Remote Assistance - Live Messenger 8.5

Greetings Brian,

The error message is a generic "couldn't connect" message, don't bother reading into exactly
what it's saying re: DNS.

If you're trying to assist them (aka connecting to them) it won't matter if you have UPnP --
there's no reverse connecting or anything like that. They'll need either a direct
connection, NAT with UPnP and any software firewalls disengaged.

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"BrianC" <BrianC@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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When attempting to set up a Remote Assistance session to help resolve a
problem for a friend, I get the message "Remote Assistance Connection could
not be established because DNS name could not be resolved."

I am behind a wireless router (but Ethernet connected), & UPnP is enabled.

Any suggestions as to what I should do to resolve this?
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BrianC


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