Re: Sharing Applications

Does anyone have a good list of what ports must be open in a cable router (or
personal computer) firewall for windows messenger share services?

"Jonathan Kay" wrote:

> Greetings,
>
> Any software firewalls on these two machines? The Application Sharing in
> Messenger (on XP) should be able to accommodate internal as well as external
> connections (external using UPnP), although I haven't checked on 2009 and
> I'm not in a position to check right now.
>
> Also on these two machines-- if you pop open the Options dialog in Messenger
> (press Alt on keyboard, choose Tools, then Options), choose the Connection
> category, after waiting a few seconds for it to populate the information,
> what kind of connection has Messenger detected?
>
> --
> Jonathan Kay
> Microsoft MVP - Windows Live Messenger
> MSN Messenger/Windows Messenger
> MessengerGeek Blog: http://www.messengergeek.com
> Messenger Resources: http://messenger.jonathankay.com
> (c) 2009 Jonathan Kay - If redistributing, you must include this signature
> or citation
> --
>
> "Viper8726" <> wrote in message
> news:517789C4-202D-4226-8931-...
> > I have three computers. All have Windows XP SP 2. On two machines I have
> > WLM 14.0 (these have dynamic IP addresses and rest behind a cable router),
> > one computer has WLM 8,5 (static address and is infront of the cable
> > router
> > firewall). The computer with WLM 8.5 can share applications with either
> > of
> > the other two computers with WLM 14.0, but the two WLM 14.0 computers
> > cannot
> > share with each other. Why not? They just go into an endless "waiting"
> > mode. Suggestions?
>
>

I'm having the same issues as Viper8726 - any help would be appreciated.
--
Ven Grollmus


"Viper8726" wrote:

> Does anyone have a good list of what ports must be open in a cable router (or
> personal computer) firewall for windows messenger share services?
>
> "Jonathan Kay" wrote:
>
> > Greetings,
> >
> > Any software firewalls on these two machines? The Application Sharing in
> > Messenger (on XP) should be able to accommodate internal as well as external
> > connections (external using UPnP), although I haven't checked on 2009 and
> > I'm not in a position to check right now.
> >
> > Also on these two machines-- if you pop open the Options dialog in Messenger
> > (press Alt on keyboard, choose Tools, then Options), choose the Connection
> > category, after waiting a few seconds for it to populate the information,
> > what kind of connection has Messenger detected?
> >
> > --
> > Jonathan Kay
> > Microsoft MVP - Windows Live Messenger
> > MSN Messenger/Windows Messenger
> > MessengerGeek Blog: http://www.messengergeek.com
> > Messenger Resources: http://messenger.jonathankay.com
> > (c) 2009 Jonathan Kay - If redistributing, you must include this signature
> > or citation
> > --
> >
> > "Viper8726" <> wrote in message
> > news:517789C4-202D-4226-8931-...
> > > I have three computers. All have Windows XP SP 2. On two machines I have
> > > WLM 14.0 (these have dynamic IP addresses and rest behind a cable router),
> > > one computer has WLM 8,5 (static address and is infront of the cable
> > > router
> > > firewall). The computer with WLM 8.5 can share applications with either
> > > of
> > > the other two computers with WLM 14.0, but the two WLM 14.0 computers
> > > cannot
> > > share with each other. Why not? They just go into an endless "waiting"
> > > mode. Suggestions?
> >
> >