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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

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

roannc wrote: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

hi billionfan,

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

thanks mill

roannc wrote: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.