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Old 06-16-2008, 05:50 AM
Pietje8501
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Re: UPnP

That's the whole problem..
My uncle disabled access for me in the router... :S
"Neil Smith [MVP Digital Media]" wrote:

> On Sat, 14 Jun 2008 04:42:00 -0700, Pietje8501
> <Pietje8501@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:
>
> >Hey,
> >
> >I'd like to use Windows Media Encoder to stream a video(conference) to my
> >friends. The only problem is that I can't portforward (I'm not allowed to)
> >ports in my router. But my router DOES support UPnP.
> >
> >My question is: is there any way of implementing UPnP in WM Encoder? Because
> >if I share this videofile over UTorrent (this is the only thing that works)
> >then it uses UPnP and I'm connectable to anyone, but only over the bittorrent
> >protocol and not over the mms / shoutcast protocol...

>
>
> You probably don't need to port forward if this is a home router
> (though you haven't said why you're "not allowed to" - sounds a bit
> dubious to me)
>
> Set up the router to put your PC in the DMZ (demiltarised zone - check
> router manual for steps and terminology). Just make sure you have a
> good firewall setup first, and allow port 80 connections to your
> encoder.
>
> HTH
> Cheers - Neil
> ------------------------------------------------
> Digital Media MVP : 2004-2008
> http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/mvpfaqs
>

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Old 06-16-2008, 05:50 AM
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