iChat login

Hi

Try logging on to AIM on port 443 rather than port 5190.

Go to IChat in the menu bar > Preferences > Accounts.
Log out of AIM and then use the Server Settings tab
Set the port to 443.
Log back in again.

I am getting this same error on my iMac (see stats below), using iChat 4.0.5, trying to log in to an AIM account. I have tried changing port numbers ... MANY different ones! ... in combination with SSL turned on or off.

None of it has helped. Not one thing.

I'm seeing a lot of folks reporting this same problem, and saying that changing port settings does not work. I suspect iChat was broken during a recent OS update, because it had worked a few weeks ago, but no longer does.

I'd like to add, I also deleted AIM prefs for iChat, that did no good either.

Hi,

Try this.

Shut down the Mac. (If it has an Airport Card turn this off first)
Unplug the Ethernet Cable if using that method. (leave the modem connected to the Internet) (remove whichever end is easier to reach.)
Restart the Computer (With no Internet Connection)
Restart iChat (it will remark/protest it has no Internet connection)
Turn on Airport Card or Plug in Ethernet Cable.
Now Log In to AIM with iChat.

Try a Video chat with one of the Apple Test Accounts
See Table 1 http://www.ralphjohns.co.uk/ContactTesters.html



9:04 PM Thursday; December 4, 2008

I just tried this. I was able to get iChat to connect to my AIM account, but it only lasted about a minute before it logged me out and back in several times, then gave me the same error again.

Thanks, but obviously something else is wrong here.

Are you WiFI or Ethernet to your Modem or routing Device ? (you should not be both)

Are you running Parallels ?

Is any WiFi device using MIMO ?



7:57 PM Friday; December 5, 2008

I am having the same problem. It just started when I bought my wireless router, it is made by netgear. I wonder does that have something to do with it.

It will depend how you set it up.

Which model is it ?
Have you got it doing DHCP ?
IS the device (modem) you connected it to doing DHCP ?

By default most Netgears do UPnP and have a set up page for turning it Off.
It should stay Enabled.

What you should do is go to the WAN page and Disable the DOS or SPI item and allow Responses to Pings on the WAN port



9:22 PM Friday; December 5, 2008

I have a router, however, I have wifi turned off on my Mac (not just disconnected) and am connected via ethernet to the router.

I have Parallels installed, but did not have it running when I was trying to use iChat. Besides, I've had Parallels on my Mac for months and iChat worked fine up to a couple weeks ago.

I have no idea about MIMO, I don't even know if the router is capable of it (it's a Netgear WGT624 v3). But I tried running iChat with all other wi-fi devices turned off and it still did not work ... again, though, it had worked before.

Message was edited by: djhalnon

How old is the Netgear and has it ever had a firmware upgrade http://kbserver.netgear.com/products/WGT624v3.asp

The Netgear is from 2007, so it's a few months over a year old, and it's been updated with the latest firmware (2.0.26_1.0.1) several months ago.

As further exploration of this issue ... I used Adium to connect to AIM on my Mac, and it worked fine. I also used AOL's own Windows IM inside my Parallels VM (running Vista SP1), and that also worked. I can also connect to AIM using multiple clients from both of my laptops (an iBook G4 running Tiger, and a Lenovo Ideapad running Vista SP1). So the router must be doing something right.

So far, everything points only to iChat. I suppose I could keep using Adium in its place, but while Adium is nice, I much prefer iChat! 🙂

Is your Macs firewall on.

Check that Internet Sharing is not On in System Preferences > Sharing

Double Check that in System Preferences > Network the two VPNs that Parallels creates are Off.

You want Parallels to get it's Own IP from the Routing device and not Share the Mac's



3:14 PM Saturday; December 6, 2008

Hi Defcom,

Is the 624 like the WPN 824 ? (one of "those" that has difficulties ?)



3:15 PM Saturday; December 6, 2008

Thought it was 614, v9 ok.