MSN 7.0 over Firewalls

[Markus Klein]

Hello,

I have heard that with MSN 7.0 there is a new way connecting MSN over
firewalls without opening lots of ports for video and audio. Is that right?
What do I really have to open to make things work?

Thx in adv.
Markus

 

[Jonathan Kay [MVP]]

Greetings Markus,

It still uses Universal Plug and Play (UPnP), ports 5004 through 65535. However, if this
fails, it falls back to a relay server. If you're not blocking outgoing connections, it
should just "work" in this manner.
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