how to get msn messenger file transfers to work with router?

[acidvoodoo]

ok, i've opened the ports 6891-6900 on my router, but it doesn't seemed to have worked yet. do ihave to go into msn options or something?

 

[acidvoodoo]

oh its a linksus BEFSR41 and windows xp btw

 

[brisco]

Bluntly, you don't with a NAT firewall.....

Microsoft admits that MSN file transfers behind NAT devices have 'issues'. I still don't know what the specifics are, but basically transfers just don't work outbound when behind a NAT device, like the Linksys BEFSR41 and most hardware firewall devices.

The MSN protocol does not provide an internal/external IP address during the file transfer. so even if you forward port 6891, you're telling the remote client to connect to 192.168.1.1 anyways and he/she has no way of obtaining your ext ip.

aol/icq has this built in which is why they will work.

 

[Smilin]

It won't work. I had the same setup for some time. It's a microsoft UPnP problem. I'm running dual NICS in my PC and routing that way now. My linksys is in the closet gathering dust.

The first batch of UPnP supporting cable/DSL routers should be out soon. Until then you have to either use a REAL router or use dual nics and some sort of software (which works great btw).