MSN messenger audio conversation problem

RouterOS General
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I have users NAT-ed behind MikroTik and MSN messenger for chat or video conversation works great, but audio conversation doesn’t work…
I don’t have any specific rules in firewall to prevent it..
Does anyone have same problems, or is it just me? :slight_smile:
Thanks,

Ivan

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The msn voice and video doesn’t work with nat.
Regards
M.

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http://messenger.msn.com/Help/Issues.aspx suggests that you may succeed by enabling Universal Plug and Play on the firewall/nat device. Not tried this myself.

Andrew

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I have the same problem, using masquerade, there is no way to make audio and/or video working (in same cases video is ok but slow)

My customers found a solution using another software for audio.

If you activate the universal plug and play everybody will see MIKROTIK UPaP everytime they connect to the network, I personally think my customer don’t need to bother about the infrastructure equipment we are using on teh network and I took it away

any other with the same problem?

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There are ISP’s out there using private IP addresses when Public IP addresses are still easily available?
If you use private IP addresses you have to accept the issues these bring.
It’s not MikroTik’s fault that MSN Messenger wont work, it’s your own for using private IP addresses. Microsofts solution to NAT problems was using UPnP. Either use UPnP or use public IP addresses for this to work.

  • Sten
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I have same problem, also with p2p programs clients are using like emule and edonkey.

Anybody else has problems with the p2p programs on a NATted network?

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I have same problem, also with p2p programs clients are using like emule and edonkey.

Anybody else has problems with the p2p programs on a NATted network?