[MacDV] Re: OT: iChat does not connect

[Doug LaBore]

Here's a post I placed a couple weeks ago that suggests you turn off the DMZ
host in your linksys could this be your problem?

Just a note for anyone else using a Linksys router who can't get iChat to
work properly. 

If you have the DMZ host set to a particular Mac on your LAN that Mac
wouldn't be able to communicate via iChat! This is a bug in the Linksys
firmware. You must turn off the DMZ host feature under the advanced tab in
the Linksys manager page for iChat to work.

 Doug LaBore

> I can connect via Rendezvous between machines on my LAN, but not via
> AIM over the Internet. According to iChat, I am logged into AIM under
> one id from my Mac using my broadband connection, and at the same time
> I am logged into AIM from my ThinkPad under a separate id using a
> dialup connection. Both connections are set so anyone can see when I am
> logged in, but neither machine can see the other.
> 
> The broadband connection usually sits behind a Linksys router, but all
> ports for iChat are directed to one machine, so that shouldn't be a
> factor. The ThinkPad connects through my employer's net (didn't think
> I'd buy a ThinkPad for myself, did you?) so it's possible that a
> blockage could be happening on that firewall, but AIM is the corporate
> designated external chat program (using Sametime on their Intranet
> works fine) and is used by others, so I don't expect firewall problems
> there.
> 
> I just tried adding buddies to my iChatAV-list based on posts to this
> list which gave the poster's email address at .mac,com, and several
> show up as available right now, so it seems to be something in the way
> my AIM accounts are set up.
> 
> 
> On Wednesday, August 27, 2003, at 10:07  PM, czayachkowski at shaw.ca
> wrote:
> 
>> Hello,
>> 
>> Anyone here having a problem connecting to iChat? I can't connect.
>> 
>> Chris