Aaron Adams’s Blowhard Blog

There seems to be precious little information about this topic available on the web, so once again I’d like to post what I’ve discovered with the hope that some curious Google searcher will find it helpful.

Netgear’s FVS338 firewall (firmware 3.0.2-21) currently does not support UPnP. However, it does support port triggering. Without getting into too many technical details, in order to use the voice, video, and desktop sharing features of iChat with your FVS338, you need to configure some port triggering rules under Security -> Port Triggering in the web management interface. Below is a screen capture of the settings you’ll need. Click the thumbnail for a full-sized graphic.

If you find this helpful, or if this configuration isn’t quite correct and you have a suggestion for improving it, please feel free to leave a comment.