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Old 20-01-2004, 10:25   #4
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Re: UPnP
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Originally Posted by Keyser
UPnP is for opening ports dynamically in the router by applications that support UPnP (not many but MS claim that Messenger supports UPnP afaik).

http://hometoys.com/htinews/aug01/ar...osoft/upnp.htm
Yes, you need UPnP enabled to get certain MSN Messenger functions to work, Voice, WebCam etc. It is something to do with the dynamic port allocation I think.

*EDIT* BTW, If you don't want UPnP or just want to play with disabling/enabling it, there's a small util on Steve Gibson's site http://grc.com . The util's called UnPlug and Pray !!!
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