-=PCTechTalk=- Re: Help Please, Problems with Broadband Router
- From: Jim <n1jmm@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: pctechtalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Thu, 26 Feb 2004 21:06:20 -0500
I have to say I don't have any of the problems you've mentioned with my
router. I'd recommend that you set that router aside and get a LinkSys
router instead. I've been using mine for years now....
All the instant messengers I've tried work fine through it including
voice chat.
-Jim-
zat wrote:
>Before I got the router I had no problems using AIM or Yahoo Messenger, now
>I can't get them to work correctly. I'm no longer able to direct connect to
>someone although they can direct connect to me. It also takes longer for the
>connection to be made. A friend of mine sent me a file using AIM and told me
>that it took a long time for the transfer to begin. Before the router the
>connection was almost instantaneous, now it can take up to a minute. I can't
>send a file through Yahoo Messenger or AIM if the other party is behind a
>router.
>
>I was chatting to a friend using AIM and wasn't able to direct connect or
>send a file to him, vice versa. He is also behind a router. We then tried
>Yahoo Messenger and had the same problem. Now I have no problems sending a
>file to someone that's using a software firewall but still can't direct
>connect.
>
>Are there ports that have to be mapped? If so, what port numbers and would
>they be tcp or udp? Or would I have to shut the NAT firewall off? If so what
>are the settings to be used for static routing? What would I put in for
>Subnet IP, Subnet Mask and Gateway IP? What about the Static Routing Table?
>
>OS is XP Pro and the router is Actiontec Model: R1524SU I called my ISP but
>they don't offer that type of support, also called Qwest and got the same
>answer. I don't own the router I'm leasing it through Qwest.
>
>TIA,
>zat
>
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