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Q: Firewall ports & face time

I worked with my provider to open the firewall ports in the article referred to me by tech support. I still can't connect face time or iMessage even though everything else connects. Now what?

Ipad, iOS 4

Posted on May 8, 2012 7:27 PM

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    toxed2loss toxed2loss May 9, 2012 12:23 PM in response to toxed2loss
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    May 9, 2012 12:23 PM in response to toxed2loss

    Hi guys,

    I read some of the other posts on iAd/face time issues, and one person recommended that you replace your DNS address with googles 8.8.8.8

     

    I ran this by Apple senior tech Kirk, who said this woukd work, however you. May have issues with certain sites/apps. He said that if you did that, activated face time and/or iMessage then returned to settings/wifi/DNS and erased it, yor IP would replace it with the correct one.

     

    I did just that, as well as returning my firewalls to their default settings...

     

    It works get!!

     

    How cool is that!? Kudos to ALL the community of support!