"N. Miller" <anonymous@xxxxxx> schreef in bericht
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> On Mon, 2 Jun 2008 09:35:34 -0600, J_S wrote:
> Quote:
>> 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
> ~Oh Lord, why have you come
> ~To Konnyu, with the Lion and the Drum
I have learned from this group about Upnp and got it finally working at
home.
But i have seen already two modems, where Upnp was enabled, but in reality
Upnp was NOT working, or not working correctly.
Messenger say that there was a non-upnp connection, and another upnp test
program
shows the same.
Port forwarding was possible with that modem, and upnp should work, but i
think that
by some older modems upnp was not working very well in the beginning.
heian