blocking skype

[roannc]

hi everyone,

just got my 7800n and am delighted with it.

i was just wondering how can i block skype with this router?

i dont want any of the computers in my house to be able to use skype.

thanks

[roannc]

anyone know how to do this? surley there must be techheads here lol

[billion_fan]

anyone know how to do this? surley there must be techheads here lol

You can try and set this within the firewall section, enter the port/s that Skype uses, action = drop, Internal IP address = the device running Skype

[roannc]

hi billionfan,

thanks for the reply. you wouldnt happen to know what ports skype uses would you ?

thanks mill

[billion_fan]

hi billionfan,

thanks for the reply. you wouldnt happen to know what ports skype uses would you ?

thanks mill

The following link shows where you can set the port number for incoming connections.

https://support.skype.com/en/faq/FA148/ ... ws-desktop

The attahced screen shot shows what the rule should look like.