How to Optimize an Apple Router With Skype

All incoming and outgoing connections in the Skype program go through a single port on your Mac computer. If you have noticed that the audio and video quality of your Skype calls has decreased, it may be because your Apple Airport wireless router has not been optimized to communicate with the Skype port. By enabling port forwarding on the Skype port, you can improve the performance of incoming and outgoing calls.

• 1

  Launch the Skype application on your Mac computer.

• 2

  Go to "Skype" in the top menubar and choose "Preferences."

• 3

  Go to the "Advanced" tab and then look at the bottom of the window to find the connection port number that the program is using.

• 4

  Navigate to the "Applications" section of your Mac hard drive, open the "Utilities" folder and double-click the "Airport Admin Utility" icon.

• 5

  Double-click the name of your Apple Airport router and then go to the "Port Mapping" tab at the top of the configuration page.

• 6

  Press "Add."

• 7

  Fill in the "Public Port" and "Private Port" fields with the Skype connection port number that you found in Step 3.

• 8

  Enter your computer's IP address in the "Private Address" field.

• 9

  Click "OK" to save the settings and enable port forwarding for Skype.