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More info?)
Thats an interesting idea about the DMZ. I had actually turned off Windows
firewall as didn't see any point in having two firewalls working...
Lets see what happens with the port...
Ravi
"Jonathan Kay [MVP]" <msnewsreplies@jonathankay.com> wrote in message
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> Greetings,
>
> Remote Assistance uses port 3389 TCP. Messenger file transfers are
> different depending on what version you're using, however more than likely
> (unless your particular Belkin has some built-in Messenger support), your
> Belkin will need support Universal Plug and Play (UPnP) for this to work.
>
> However, something that you may consider for the others (and may assist
> Messenger too if the router has built-in support) is to simply set your
> computer into the DMZ of the router. Since you're using Windows XP SP2,
> the built-in Windows Firewall should automatically be engaged, so putting
> yourself into the DMZ of the router shouldn't be much of a security
> problem.
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> "Coolasblu" <noway@noway.com> wrote in message
> news:1098946260.49141.0@a lovely person.uk.clara.net...
>> What settings do i need to apply in my router to allow me to make remote
>> assistance work as well as file transfers as well as AIM file transfers
>> as well as ICQ transfers ?
>>
>> TIA
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