voice does not work with XP firewall and Win Msngr ?

[JW]

While reading the MS Security newsgroup, I read the following post:

Tx JW, but I have learnt from experience that if you do not disable XP
firewall, there is no audio connection.

Is it true, that nobody can get voice to work, using XP's built-in firewall
and Windows Messenger ? Is it true that, the only way to get voice to work
with Windows Messenger is by shutting down XP's built-in firewall ? If
somebody somehow got this to work, what magic did you perform to get this to
work, without shutting down XP's built-in firewall ? I have never gotten
voice to work with Windows Messenger and XP's firewall, and gave up trying
long ago. ( I am not using a router. I set up the mic and speakers using
the Wizard. I am not willing to shut down my firewall, and fling open my
system to every infection on the world wild web.)

I also noticed that 3 different people posted the same problem on July 9,
July 10, and July 11, and nobody following this newsgroup was able to come
up with any substantive response (something more than sarcasm). Is this a
problem that has all the experts stumped ?

 

[Melmoth]

I reckon MS have stuffed up Messenger 6.2. I was happily using 4.6, bu
after the upgrade to 6.2 can no longer have audio conversations. I
makes no difference whether I initiate the conversation or accept a
invitation.

I'm in Australia and my friend in the UK reports that this has happene
to some of his colleagues. One of the factors may be webcams wit
built in microphones (like mine). He has told me of two other comb
webcam owners who have bought external mics and gotten messenger 6.2 t
work.

Worth mentioning that my setup is perhaps a little non-standard...

PPPoE Connection (Firewalled and shared) via first network card
Messenger runs on my second PC connected to the other network card i
my gateway machine. Both machines are running WinXP Pro.

If I really wanted hassles like this, I'd use open source :


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Melmot