Yahoo File Transfer Issues

[mhubbard24]

Ok I use Yahoo Instant Messenger quite a bit. All of a sudden I noticed I am unable to transfer files from within Messenger. Others can send files to me just fine. When I send a file, the user on the other end may get a message that I may be behind a firewall. I recently put a Netgear MR314 wireless router and now use it for my desktop and laptop to share my DSL. The Mr314 firewall capabilities are minimal if any I thought. So at first I thought the problem may have lied there. Last night however the first time I tried to transfer a file within Yahoo Messenger, it went perfectly. Now every time since he bombs.

Here is my troubleshooting steps:

I started and instance of Messenger on my laptop and desktop with different accounts. It transferred a file perfectly.

I tried to send a file from my desktop with DSL to another laptop using Netzero and it failed to go through.

Hooked my laptop on my company LAN and sent a file just fine.

Now I am stumped and not sure what else to do. I have contacted Yahoo but have not gotten a response as of yet.

Any other ideas? I think it almost has to be yahoo. But others can send to me no problem at all.

thanks

[NooNoo]

So just to clarify, it is only the desktop that is using the dsl router that causes the file not to transfer?

What os is on the desktop?

[mhubbard]

No both machines, laptop and desktop are affected and are connected to the same wireless router. Os on desktop is Win ME, OS on laptop is Win 2000. I can do a yahoo file transfer between the two, but if I try to send to anyone else it dies.

[NooNoo]

There should be a setup for the router which allows you to open ports. Routers should, by definition close ports until someone wants them to be open.

Have a little read here, it refers to your documentation