[lug] ICQ thru firewall (which ports)

[John Starkey]

Ok. I see what you're saying. 5190 for ICQ not both. I'm using 4000 for auth
and connected to icq.mirabilis.com and was able to communicate with some people
at work today. But I did have the same problem you mentioned. A document that i
sent in via ICQ file transfer dropped. Neither of us could find out where it
went.

Another problem I'd had was that the FAQs I'd found all said ICQ messages are
transfered as TCP but I think it started working once I allowed UDP packets and
right now the logs say "Sent Message (UDP)".

Thanks a lot for your help.

John

Prescott Oelke wrote:

>  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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