[lug] ICQ thru firewall (which ports)

Prescott Oelke panick at excite.com
Sun Mar 18 10:46:51 MST 2001


 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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