[lug] ICQ thru firewall (which ports)

[Prescott Oelke]

 We did indeed use the AIM server and port 5190. I assume this works now
because AOL owns ICQ. The only bad thing that happens is that file transfers
to people outside the firewall drop for no reason sometimes.

Prescott

On Mon, 19 Mar 2001 01:24:11 -0700, lug at lug.boulder.co.us wrote:

>  Thanks. I *think* I've got it. Not sure how. Haven't changed anything in
24
>  hrs and someone said I wasn't logged in today while gnomeICU said i was.
But
>  it looks like I am now, according to the log and the "Online" indicator.
>  
>  I'd still be really interested in hearing what you guys did.
>  
>  AIM, BTW, uses port 80, I was able to login to it with 5190 closed.
>  
>  Thanks again,
>  
>  John
>  
>  Prescott Oelke wrote:
>  
>  >  We had a problem like this at work. I think we got around it by using
the
>  > AOL Instant messenger ports and server (login.oscar.aol.com with port
5190)
>  > in ICQ and it worked. I can't really recall. I'll look tomorrow though.
>  >
>  > Prescott
>  >
>  > On Sun, 18 Mar 2001 00:40:53 -0700, lug at lug.boulder.co.us wrote:
>  >
>  > >  Anyone know which ports I need to open for GnomeICU? I tried using
>  > >  icq.mirabilis.com 4000 for auth and 4000:4100 for comm. Then I found
>  > >  another FAQ that said login.icq.com 5190 for auth and 1023+ for
comm.
>  > >  Neither of these seem to be working. Although it does look like I
got
>  > >  connectivity a few times because the log time changed to EST. But
now
>  > >  it's back to MST and I'm not sure what i did because I noticed it
after
>  > >  a few tries.
>  > >
>  > >  The GnomeICU connection log is outputting "Connection unreliable -
>  > >  reconnect" and it's trying continuously.
>  > >
>  > >  Thanks,
>  > >
>  > >  John
>  > >
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