Uh so I guess if it's *really* your uncle (and not, say, your
employer) then buy your own router and plug it in when he's gone out ?

Cheers - Neil

On Mon, 16 Jun 2008 05:51:00 -0700, Pietje8501
<Pietje8501@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:

>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
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