IOL & Windows Messenger AV ??

bambam

Has anyone gotten Messenger audio & video working with IOL/ZyXEL Prestige 623R – A1

I had a quick look at it last night on my mates pc using vnc. We can chat using messenger but can't initiate voice calls. I tried to enable UPnP on the modem (though it doesn't seem to be documented in the manual).

Opening up ports/ port forwarding isn't really an option as with the Real-time Transport Protocol (RTP), streams are sent using dynamically allocated UDP ports in the range of 5004–65535 see http://www.microsoft.com/technet/prodtechnol/winxppro/deploy/worki01.mspx

I'll have another go tonight, will maybe upgrade the modem's firmware. And come to think about it I didn't reboot when I enable UPnP on the modem and started the UPnP service on Windows XP Home.

I know there are other options like Skype etc, but out of curiosity, would like to get it working with Messenger.

Tusky

could be similar prob im having , have forwarded ports but cant get bittorrent with a green light. have disabled AV etc.

Mutant_Fruit

Try new firmware, and then try opening EVERY port on your router (e.g. set it to open ports 1 -65533 or whatever the highest port is).

Then try using it. If it still doesn't work, then there must be something else wrong.

Paulw

Mine works just fine and I didn't need to open any ports. NAT took care of it.

Lex_Diamonds

Use Skype

Stephen

My router needed a firmware upgrade before MSN 6.x would work properly on it. Then a select few ports had to be opened.