Messenger + router buying advice

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wlc

Hi all,

I would appreciate some advice on buying a router.
To be more specific, a friend is thinking about buying one but she wants to
be able to use Messenger.
She is running XPpro.

Are there routers to be avoided , or recommended.
Please keep in mind we live in Belgium and the routers for Europe aren't
allways the same as the US versions.
I use a D-Link 604 myself but I don't have any experience with Messenger.

TIA

wlc
 
Greetings wlc,

The key for keeping Messenger working using a router is Universal Plug and Play (UPnP)
support. Nowadays a good number of the router specs indicate UPnP support right on the box,
but you might want to make up a list of routers available locally (or from the web) and then
see which support UPnP (and whatever specs you want).
____________________________________________
Jonathan Kay
Microsoft MVP - Windows Messenger/MSN Messenger
Associate Expert
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone/
Messenger Resources - http://messenger.jonathankay.com
 
Jonathan Kay said:
Greetings wlc,

The key for keeping Messenger working using a router is Universal Plug and Play (UPnP)
support. Nowadays a good number of the router specs indicate UPnP support right on the box,
but you might want to make up a list of routers available locally (or from the web) and then
see which support UPnP (and whatever specs you want).
____________________________________________
Jonathan Kay
Microsoft MVP - Windows Messenger/MSN Messenger
Associate Expert
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone/
Messenger Resources - http://messenger.jonathankay.com
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Thanks for the information.
I will pass it on.

Greetings

wlc
 
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