D-Link DI-624M Product Manual - Page 84

w do I use NetMeeting with m, y D-Link Router?, w do I set up m, outer to use iChat?, Macintosh users

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DI-624M User's Manual Frequently Asked Questions You will need to change the port information within the Warcraft 3 software for computers #2 and up. Configure the Game Port information on each computer: Start Warcraft 3 on each computer, click Options > Gameplay. Scroll down and you should see Game Port. Enter the port number as you entered in the above steps. 16 How do I use NetMeeting with my D-Link Router? Unlike most TCP/IP applications, NetMeeting uses DYNAMIC PORTS instead of STATIC PORTS. That means that each NetMeeting connection is somewhat different than the last. For instance, the HTTP web site application uses port 80. NetMeeting can use any of over 60,000 different ports. All broadband routers using (only) standard NAT and all internet sharing programs like Microsoft ICS that use (only) standard NAT will NOT work with NetMeeting or other h.323 software packages. The solution is to put the router in DMZ. Note: A few hardware manufacturers have taken it on themselves to actually provide H.323 compatibility. This is not an easy task since the router must search each incoming packet for signs that it might be a netmeeting packet. This is a whole lot more work than a router normally does and may actually be a weak point in the firewall. D-Link is not one of the manufacturers. To read more on this visit http://www.HomenetHelp.com. 17 How do I set up my router to use iChat? -for Macintosh users- You must open ports on your router to allow incoming traffic while using iChat. iChat uses the following ports: 5060 (UDP) 5190 (TCP) File Sharing 16384-16403 (UDP) To video conference with other clients. Step 1: Open your web browser and enter the IP Address of your router (192.168.0.1). Enter username (admin) and your password (leave blank). Step 2: Click on Advanced and then click Firewall. Step 3: Create a new firewall rule: Click Enabled. Enter a name (ichat1). Click Allow. D-Link Systems, Inc. 84

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DI-624M User’s Manual
D-Link Systems, Inc.
Frequently Asked Questions
You will need to change the port information within the Warcraft 3 software for computers
#2 and up.
Configure the Game Port information on each computer:
Start Warcraft 3 on each computer, click
Options
>
Gameplay
. Scroll down and you
should see
Game Port
. Enter the port number as you entered in the above steps.
16 Ho
w do I use NetMeeting with m
y D-Link Router?
Unlike most TCP/IP applications, NetMeeting uses
DYNAMIC PORTS
instead of STATIC
PORTS. That means that each NetMeeting connection is somewhat different than the
last. For instance, the HTTP web site application uses port 80. NetMeeting can use any
of over 60,000 different ports.
All broadband routers using (only) standard NAT and all internet sharing programs like
Microsoft ICS that use (only) standard NAT will NOT work with NetMeeting or other
h.323 software packages.
The solution is to put the router in DMZ.
Note: A few hardware manufacturers have taken it on themselves to actually provide
H.323 compatibility. This is not an easy task since the router must search each incoming
packet for signs that it might be a netmeeting packet. This is a whole lot more work than
a router normally does and may actually be a
weak point in the firewall
. D-Link is not
one of the manufacturers.
To read more on this visit
http://www
.HomenetHelp
.com.
17 Ho
w do I set up m
y r
outer to use iChat?
-f
or
Macintosh users-
You must open ports on your router to allow incoming traffic while using iChat.
iChat uses the following ports: 5060 (UDP) 5190 (TCP) File Sharing 16384-16403
(UDP) To video conference with other clients.
Step 1:
Open your web browser and enter the IP Address of your router (192.168.0.1).
Enter username (admin) and your password (leave blank).
Step 2:
Click on
Advanced
and then click
Firewall
.
Step 3:
Create a new firewall rule:
Click
Enabled
.
Enter a name (ichat1).
Click
Allow
.