hi, i just got a new netgear router, everything seems to be ok with it, the only thing is that i cannot connect to MSN messenger or any instants messaging services. Any1 help?
the ports are probably blocked. I am sure another member on here will fill you in on what to do. Else try and google to find the port numbers used for IM programs, and go into your settings
1863: Used by MSN Messenger, Microsoft's IM client, to send and receive messages. 5190: Used by AOL Instant Messenger (AIM), America Online's IM client, to send and receive messages. 5050: Used by Yahoo! Instant Messenger, Yahoo!'s IM client, to send and receive messages. 5222, 5269: Jabber is an open-source IM protocol. It is not as widely used as other instant messaging protocols, although it was recently adopted by Google for their IM service, Google Talk, to send and receive messages. 5223: Jabber over an encrypted connection. 6665-6669: Internet Relay Chat (IRC) is similar to instant messaging except that it is designed to be used, simulatenously, by many participants in “chat rooms”. 994: IRC over an encypted connection. The default addy for routers is 192.168.0.1 enter it in your browser and it should pull up a configuration page for your hardware. from there you should be able to edit port blocking
Mind telling us what the problem was, perhaps for use of other people who have this problem. - In fact there's already another recent thread with exactly the same problem as you!
it was actually something called MTU in the WAN settings i found out that if your on AOL it has to be set to 1400 instead of 1500, stupid aol!!!
hi, didn't really think i shud start a whole new thread so i thought id just post it here. Now that i have this netgear router, it wont let me share files between my pc's that stupid thing comes up sayin '\\server1\\ben is not accesible........' how do i get this to work?! its so frustrating!
also, only use \\ before the computer name, then just \ following. It might have been a typo, but try \\server1\ben
