Skype problems with routers and NAT

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Derrick Fawsitt wrote:
> A friend I particularly want to install Skpe has stopped installing
> it until he resolves a particular problem. An article in a UK PC
> Magazine dealing with Skype and how to install it, (was it PC
> World), said that you can have trouble with Skype and NAT if you
> have a router. He has a DLINK D1 614plus and he is afraid
> installing Skype might disrupt his business through his DLINK
> router. He has asked me to look into this matter for him, can you
> advise me please. I am not technical so the question posed above is
> as he explained it to me and my understanding of it. He obviously
> uses a network so no doubt someone will understand his worry and
> help me to help him be reassured.

Works ok for me using a Netgear DM602 combined modem/router.

Ivor

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In message <ZeidnRC6s-sOWrnfRVn-hQ@comcast.com>, Rick Merrill
<rick0.merrill@gmailNOSPAM.com> writes
>Derrick Fawsitt wrote:
>> A friend I particularly want to install Skpe has stopped installing
>>it until he resolves a particular problem. An article in a UK PC
>>Magazine dealing with Skype and how to install it, (was it PC World),
>>said that you can have trouble with Skype and NAT if you have a
>>router. He has a DLINK D1 614plus and he is afraid installing Skype
>>might disrupt his business through his DLINK router. He has asked me
>>to look into this matter for him, can you advise me please. I am not
>>technical so the question posed above is as he explained it to me and
>>my understanding of it. He obviously uses a network so no doubt
>>someone will understand his worry and help me to help him be reassured.
>
>You must put the Skype between the modem and the router, but that only
>impacts the data users. If he has a combined modem/router he has to
>change that by disabling the router function and adding another router.
>You did not state the router and modem make/type.
DLINK D1 614plus
--
Derrick Fawsitt

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Derrick Fawsitt wrote:
> In message <ZeidnRC6s-sOWrnfRVn-hQ@comcast.com>, Rick Merrill
> <rick0.merrill@gmailNOSPAM.com> writes
>
>> Derrick Fawsitt wrote:
>>
>>> A friend I particularly want to install Skpe has stopped installing
>>> it until he resolves a particular problem. An article in a UK PC
>>> Magazine dealing with Skype and how to install it, (was it PC
>>> World), said that you can have trouble with Skype and NAT if you
>>> have a router. He has a DLINK D1 614plus and he is afraid installing
>>> Skype might disrupt his business through his DLINK router. He has
>>> asked me to look into this matter for him, can you advise me please.
>>> I am not technical so the question posed above is as he explained it
>>> to me and my understanding of it. He obviously uses a network so no
>>> doubt someone will understand his worry and help me to help him be
>>> reassured.
>>
>>
>> You must put the Skype between the modem and the router, but that only
>> impacts the data users. If he has a combined modem/router he has to
>> change that by disabling the router function and adding another router.
>> You did not state the router and modem make/type.
>
> DLINK D1 614plus

Sorry, you DID state the router type... is the Dlink using
firmware version 3.43 ?

Is he placing the Skpe between router and modem?

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EdR wrote:
> "Derrick Fawsitt" <46@fitzwilliamonline.com> schreef in bericht
> newsj1HrsBUkKJCFwa$@fitzwilliamonline.com...
>> A friend I particularly want to install Skpe has stopped
>> installing it until he resolves a particular problem. An article
>> in a UK PC Magazine dealing with Skype and how to install it, (was
>> it PC World), said that you can have trouble with Skype and NAT if
>> you have a router.
>
> We use Skype over NAT through a software router and use it on
> multiple PC's in a business environment. No problems at all.
> The only 'problem' that can occur with VoIP and NAT is that it
> doesn't work. It will not disrupt your network. As far as I have
> seen, Skype is very good in traversing NAT. With SIP you have to
> jump through hoops to get a reliable connection.
> Regards!
> Erwin.

Depends on the SIP network and/or the hardware. I have had numerous
problems with certain ATA hardware and none at all with others, on the
same SIP account.

Ivor