Wireless Router WRT54G

Hello,
Can someone assist me. I hooked my my wireless router and now when I connect to Windows Live Messenger and do Request Remote Assistance it will not work at all. I connect through there and someone can help me with my pc problems. I did a port forward to port 3389 for messenger but it still will not go through. If someone knows what I need to do to get this to work, I would appreciate it. I am sure it is something in the settings but not sure what I need to adjust. thanks.

The easiest way to do it is to set that pc up as a DMZ. That opens all port to that pc which opens it for attack. Now its only a temporary fix but will allow remote acess .
Richard Aichner (Ikester)

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"_when I setup the Westell modem in bridge mode, will I lose my Internet connection?_ "
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Thank you toomanydonuts!
I will do this when I get back to the townhouse this evening.
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