Re: Growing port forwarding list in my router, possible compatibility issues with Vista

Greetings,

I'm afraid I have no fix for you, but the same thing is happening here.

Which router are you using? Judging from the screenshot you are also using a MN-500 like I
am (or the MN-700).

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"Tim Thein" <> wrote in message
news:%...
> Over time I've noticed that my router is filling up with port forwarding
> entries by Windows Live Messenger.
> I've deleted a dozen or two before I realized that I should capture it and
> post it on this newsgroup to let everyone see where I see these entries.
> Attached is a screen capture of my gateway's property window and it's
> settings window.
> I've also noticed that this problem exists on my Vista machine and not with
> my XP Pro machine. Both machines are on my home network. The Vista machine
> created the two entries named "MSNMSGR", as you can see in the attached jpg
> file. The other entry was created by my XP Pro machine.
>
> Does anybody know how to fix this annoying behavior?
> Is anybody else experiencing the same problems?
>

You're right, I'm using an MN-500.

Thanks for responding.

BTW, what does it mean to be a Microsoft MVP? How close are you to the
people who can fix this problem? Are you one of the eye and ears for
Microsoft? Can you make sure that they know about this? I have several
bugs to report to Microsoft. I've been reporting a few of them through
feedback links on Microsoft.com, but I'm not sure if that's a better way
than through these newsgroups.

"Jonathan Kay [MVP]" <> wrote in message
news:694D4D49-27DC-476D-95B2-...
> Greetings,
>
> I'm afraid I have no fix for you, but the same thing is happening here.
>
> Which router are you using? Judging from the screenshot you are also
> using a MN-500 like I am (or the MN-700).
>
> --
> 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.
> --
>

I see the same thing here.

Unfortunately, it is sorta problematic for me, as my router (WRT54G with a
third party firmware source) only has 20 UPnP entries, and once it fills up,
I can't do anything with any other UPnP enabled app because all the UPnP
port forwards are used up.

Sigh


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"Jonathan Kay [MVP]" <> wrote in message
news:694D4D49-27DC-476D-95B2-...
> Greetings,
>
> I'm afraid I have no fix for you, but the same thing is happening here.
>
> Which router are you using? Judging from the screenshot you are also
> using a MN-500 like I am (or the MN-700).
>
> --
> 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.
> --
>
> "Tim Thein" <> wrote in message
> news:%...
>> Over time I've noticed that my router is filling up with port forwarding
>> entries by Windows Live Messenger.
>> I've deleted a dozen or two before I realized that I should capture it
>> and
>> post it on this newsgroup to let everyone see where I see these entries.
>> Attached is a screen capture of my gateway's property window and it's
>> settings window.
>> I've also noticed that this problem exists on my Vista machine and not
>> with
>> my XP Pro machine. Both machines are on my home network. The Vista
>> machine
>> created the two entries named "MSNMSGR", as you can see in the attached
>> jpg
>> file. The other entry was created by my XP Pro machine.
>>
>> Does anybody know how to fix this annoying behavior?
>> Is anybody else experiencing the same problems?
>>
>
>

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