[X4U] Failed to start Video Chat because: [I] did not respond

[Aron Spencer]

Pretty sure; I can do the chat from my iBook connected to the same  
router, but not from my Dual G5; and I was able to do the chat last  
week until Thursday. No router changes, so I have no idea what would  
account for it.

On Apr 12, 2006, at 10:37 PM, Michael Elliott wrote:

> Hi Aron,
> Are you positive that there's no firewall on the router?  Are you  
> able to check your router settings to confirm that the appropriate  
> ports are open?  I ran into this one a lot until I realized that I  
> had to specifically forward certain ports over to my iMac with Port  
> Forwarding.
>
> There is a great troubleshooting website for iChat AV (especially  
> as regards connecting to Windows XP AIM users) at
>
> http://www.mvldesign.com/video_conference_tutorial.html#fw
>
> and Apple has a list of required ports available at:
>
> http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=93208
>
> Feel free to fire up iChat and text me at mikee60369 (AIM/AOL,  
> not .Mac and not my michaelelliott at dotmac address...I don't  
> connect to iChat AV with this account) if you like.
>
> Michael
>
> On Apr 12, 2006, at 9:21 PM, Aron Spencer wrote:
>
>> I have recently begun getting the message "Failed to start Video  
>> Chat because:  Aron Spencer did not respond" when I try to  
>> initiate or accept a video chat. It was working fine a couple days  
>> ago, there is no firewall on the machine or on the router (video  
>> chat works, albeit at a lower quality, on an iBook G4 on the same  
>> LAN). Any ideas?
>>
>> iChat AV 3.1.3(v432)
>> PowerMac G5 (2x2.5GHz, 2.5 GB RAM)
>> OS X 10.4.6
>>
>> Aron S. Spencer
>> Elizabeth, NJ 07202
>>
>

Aron S. Spencer
Elizabeth, NJ 07202