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I was watching this Video which talked about using port-forwarding to optimize your LAN for skype calls. According to the video, as explained in the first couple of minutes in the video, the reason you would need optimization is because if the person your call has a firewall setup, your connection has to go-through a third-party computer to connect to them. I believe I stated this correct (maybe not).
None the less, my question is this: do both parties on the call need to enable port forwarding to optimize skype, or just one party (person)?
1Skype is two way communication, which means traffic is flowing in both directions, so port forwarding would be needed on both ends if it were necessary to forward ports for skype to function. – MaQleod – 2011-03-13T00:43:54.410