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From: Jithen Singh <Jiriteach_at_hotmail.com>
Date: Mon, 5 Nov 2001 23:30:42 +1300
Message-ID: <000001c165e4$eb78dcc0$0100000a@jithen>

Thanks for that Nathan ..

Anyone happen to know if the speedtouch pro supports UPnP ?

Cheers

Jithen

-----Original Message-----
From: owner-adsl@unixathome.org [mailto:owner-adsl@unixathome.org] On
Behalf Of Nathan Mercer
Sent: Monday, 5 November 2001 11:20 p.m.
To: ADSL Group
Subject: RE: MSN Messenger

Some features of Messenger - voice and video don't work through NAT,
unless that NAT is UPnP enabled. Normally this is because your NAT
device is translating an internal non-routable address out to a routable
real world IP address, and Windows Messenger voice/video is grabbing
your internal address.

UPnP-enabled NAT devices allow Windows Messenger to negotiate the port
numbers to be used and determine translated IP addresses. This allows
clients to share valid addressing information, and lets users
communicate by voice and video through NAT-fronted networks. Windows XP
includes a UPnP -enabled Internet gateway in the form of ICS. This is a
simple solution if a computer is used as the Internet gateway device.
Other vendors are working on UPnP-enabled gateway devices or upgrades to
add UPnP support to their current gateway products.

You may find the following articles of interest.

Windows Messenger in Windows XP: Working with Firewalls and Network
Address Translation Devices
http://www.microsoft.com/WINDOWSXP/pro/techinfo/deployment/natfw/default
.asp

Ensuring Great Experiences with NAT Traversal and Universal Plug and
Play in Windows XP
http://www.microsoft.com/WINDOWSXP/pro/techinfo/planning/networking/natt
raversal.asp

UPnP NAT Traversal FAQ
http://www.microsoft.com/WINDOWSXP/pro/techinfo/planning/networking/natf
aq.asp

Nathan Mercer
Technical Specialist:: Technical Marketing
Microsoft New Zealand

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Jithen Singh [mailto:Jiriteach@hotmail.com]
> Sent: Saturday, 1 December 2001 10:57 a.m.
> To: 'Nik Kitson'; 'Tom Picot'
> Cc: 'ADSL Group'
> Subject: RE: MSN Messenger
>
>
> Yeah Nik,
>
> I think it's the only option I have and just to wonder when
> Microsoft is going to implement a feature in Messenger so
> that it will support NAT. It be good to see sometime, as I
> know of many businesses and other companies out there using
> Messenger for communication and are behind routers etc using NAT.
>
> Gonna have to wait I guess :)
>
> Cheers
>
> Jithen

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