Why can't I have an Audio conversation using MSN Messenger?

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Ralph: If you turn NAT off, you need to make sure of a couple of things: your ISP is willing to assign an IP address for each computer you have, AND you install or manage a firewall on each computer as well. NAT solutions remain the safest and easiest to manage overall, in my opinion.

That would work great if i was on a router, but i'm not. For some reason the msn messenger thinks i am, the message reads in connections of it, You are connected to the internet through a non-UPnP firewall (Administrator). I even took down the internet security firewall, but that didnt help either. I'm running Only the above things, NO router. Not only can i not use audio and video conferences, file sharing is also impossible.I have been told by everyone from cable, aol, to msn my problem seems to be a unique one, any ideas?

i have windows 2000 in my PC there is some problem that when i connect to the internet i m unable to copy and paste, unable to open the any browser link in new window, not work media player, not yahoo worked, not showing any pc on my server in local networking, i also unable to disconnet my internet conectiona and check its status and many other problems so please solve my all those problems.
i will thank ful to you.

Here's a question I am using a router but have a static IP assigned from my provider. I'm using MSN messanger and a Logitech webcam. I can hear the other person when we initiate an audio conversation on MSN but they can't hear me. I've checked my mic settings and everything seems fine. Is this a NAT problem?

Quite possibly. Static versus dynamic IP from your provider actually has nothing to do with it. It's thr router doing NAT inbetween that matters.

I have a router and my web cam works fine on MSN. I cant get the audio to work even after making my PC the DMZ in the router! The router stops the audio....oh well it was a free download!!
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My microphone workso n my computer but not on msn?
What's the problem?

the last two years I have worked a lot with routers, nat-server etc to make videoconferencing possible from standalone pc to networks, from networks to networks etc. The problems are, like Leo says, coming from NAT enabled routers/firewalls. Even with UPNP enabled, sometimes it works sometimes it does not.

First of all, look if two services are enabled and started: upnp and the ssdp services. If not enable them. Restart the computer and try again.

A second thing you may try is not using MSN messenger but Windows Messenger 4.7 or 5.0. They are not the same programs - read Leo's text about some of the differences - and they handle routers completely different. When you go to "options" in both programs and to "the connection page" you can see what kind of connection you have. For example: on the computer that I am working at right now, Windows messenger 5 say's that I am connected directly to the .dot net messenger service with no firewall. MSN Messenger tells me that I am connected via a Restricted IP UPNP enabled Nat server. The last is true. My router has UPNP enabled , is doing Nat and has a firewall enabled.
But now comes the crazy part: when I want do a videoconference with MSN Messenger I sometimes have video but never sound if both parties use MSN messenger. If one or both of us use Windows Messenger we both have sound and video. So I suggest that you try both programs. Maybe with one of them it works.

www.skype.com/download/ Work behind NAT routers, no video yet..

Hi, I am trying to contact my daughter in Australia ( I am in England) using MS Messenger. Normal written conversation is fine and video seems to work , although only from her end so far. We cannot get audio working, it keeps telling me it has disconnected. Am I doing something wrong. It is possible that we are not doing it correctly. I just click on audio and she "accepts" then nothing. She has Windows XP , I am using W ME. Any ideas please? Cheers, Peter

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