> A possible FAQ...
>
> Is there a list (Microsoft, it is your product people are
> trying to use --
> it is in your interests to know what works with it) of ADSL
> hardware that
> DOES support UPnP, and thus, presumably, the full features of
> MSN Messenger?
>
> regards,
> david

The official MS line on vendor support for UPnP in routers seems is at
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/pro/techinfo/planning/networking/natfaq.a
sp. The only relevant part for your question is quoted below.

"Currently most of the large gateway (DSL/Cable router) vendors have
announced intentions to implement the UPnP NAT traversal solution in
products they ship in 2001, beginning as soon as July. They include:
Microsoft in WindowsXP, Linksys, D-Link, Intel, Netgear and Buffalo
Technology, and Arescom.

Some of these vendors have announced they will provide firmware or software
upgrades to customers who already own their devices to add support for
UPnP-enabled NAT traversal."

Most of the vendors that have announced it so far, are looking at
incorporating it into PPPoE dual ethernet devices, not the PPPoA routers we
use here in NZ. ASUS, Nokia and Alcatel are conspicously absent from this
list ...

By the look of things, it seems that support for PPPoA and UPnP in the same
device is going to take quite some time. My bet is on the Linux developers
creating an open source UPnP NAT patch long before the router folks.

Cheers,
Nik

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