Ports to use with QOS to ensure best video call?

We just purchased a DLink DIR-655 router. This router supports custom QOS
configuration.

We'd like to ensure that any Live Messenger video calls have top priority
over anything else.

What ports and protocols do I need to define here, locally and remotely?

Thx!!!

Greetings Noozer,

I also have a DIR-655 and it's an excellent router. I think you'll be pleased.

The ports are rather dynamic in nature in Messenger, so it's a tad more difficult to set up
QoS then your standard application. In honesty, at least for me, I experimented a bit using
QoS for Skype where you can set an exact IP and didn't really see much difference with it off
vs it on.

However, here are the port ranges; I'd be interested in hearing if you actually see a change:
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx/kb/927847

--
Jonathan Kay
Microsoft MVP - Windows Live Messenger/MSN Messenger/Windows Messenger
Associate Expert
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone/
Messenger Resources - http://messenger.jonathankay.com
All posts unless otherwise specified are (c) 2007 Jonathan Kay.
You *must* contact me for redistribution rights.
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"Noozer" <> wrote in message news:#...
> We just purchased a DLink DIR-655 router. This router supports custom QOS configuration.
>
> We'd like to ensure that any Live Messenger video calls have top priority over anything
> else.
>
> What ports and protocols do I need to define here, locally and remotely?
>
> Thx!!!
>

Ouch!!!

That's a LOT of ports. Looks like I'll just have to live with the current
performance.


"Jonathan Kay [MVP]" <> wrote in message
news:0A633D45-65EF-4B81-99C5-...
> Greetings Noozer,
>
> I also have a DIR-655 and it's an excellent router. I think you'll be
> pleased.
>
> The ports are rather dynamic in nature in Messenger, so it's a tad more
> difficult to set up QoS then your standard application. In honesty, at
> least for me, I experimented a bit using QoS for Skype where you can set
> an exact IP and didn't really see much difference with it off vs it on.
>
> However, here are the port ranges; I'd be interested in hearing if you
> actually see a change:
> http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx/kb/927847
>
> --
> Jonathan Kay
> Microsoft MVP - Windows Live Messenger/MSN Messenger/Windows Messenger
> Associate Expert
> http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone/
> Messenger Resources - http://messenger.jonathankay.com
> All posts unless otherwise specified are (c) 2007 Jonathan Kay.
> You *must* contact me for redistribution rights.
> --
>
>
>
> "Noozer" <> wrote in message
> news:#...
>> We just purchased a DLink DIR-655 router. This router supports custom QOS
>> configuration.
>>
>> We'd like to ensure that any Live Messenger video calls have top priority
>> over anything else.
>>
>> What ports and protocols do I need to define here, locally and remotely?
>>
>> Thx!!!
>>
>

Hi,

Yes it is. Just to correct my earlier post, I meant to say "you can set an exact PORT", not
IP. Although I think you understood fine

--
Jonathan Kay
Microsoft MVP - Windows Live Messenger/MSN Messenger/Windows Messenger
Associate Expert
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone/
Messenger Resources - http://messenger.jonathankay.com
All posts unless otherwise specified are (c) 2007 Jonathan Kay.
You *must* contact me for redistribution rights.
--



"Noozer" <> wrote in message news:O#...
> Ouch!!!
>
> That's a LOT of ports. Looks like I'll just have to live with the current performance.
>
>
> "Jonathan Kay [MVP]" <> wrote in message
> news:0A633D45-65EF-4B81-99C5-...
>> Greetings Noozer,
>>
>> I also have a DIR-655 and it's an excellent router. I think you'll be pleased.
>>
>> The ports are rather dynamic in nature in Messenger, so it's a tad more difficult to set
>> up QoS then your standard application. In honesty, at least for me, I experimented a bit
>> using QoS for Skype where you can set an exact IP and didn't really see much difference
>> with it off vs it on.
>>
>> However, here are the port ranges; I'd be interested in hearing if you actually see a
>> change:
>> http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx/kb/927847
>>
>> --
>> Jonathan Kay
>> Microsoft MVP - Windows Live Messenger/MSN Messenger/Windows Messenger
>> Associate Expert
>> http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone/
>> Messenger Resources - http://messenger.jonathankay.com
>> All posts unless otherwise specified are (c) 2007 Jonathan Kay.
>> You *must* contact me for redistribution rights.
>> --
>>
>>
>>
>> "Noozer" <> wrote in message
>> news:#...
>>> We just purchased a DLink DIR-655 router. This router supports custom QOS configuration.
>>>
>>> We'd like to ensure that any Live Messenger video calls have top priority over anything
>>> else.
>>>
>>> What ports and protocols do I need to define here, locally and remotely?
>>>
>>> Thx!!!
>>>
>>
>
>