On Mon, 2 Jun 2008 09:35:34 -0600, J_S wrote:
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> why aren't we given the ability to forward a port range in msn messenger. I
> have recently grown my home network from 1 to 4 pc's and for security
> reasons I think upnp forwarding ports on on demand is a bad idea.
>
> why cant I define a port range for file transfers, voice and vid that way I
> could block out a space for each computer on my network.
MSFT, in their infinite wisdom, decided that allowing Windows Live Messenger
to dynamically configure ports using UPnP was sufficient. So they did not
feel any need to give users any control over which ports are used for those
services. I don't think they will ever go back to user configured ports.
Causes too many support issues from users who don't know what they are
doing. Which is probably 98% of them.
--
Norman
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