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Posted: Mon Oct 24, 2005 4:10 am
by twistmac
apparently AIM express works
Posted: Mon Oct 24, 2005 4:20 am
by ajmas
Could you open up the terminal.app and then type the following:
telnet login.oscar.aol.com 5190
and if all is ok you should see something like:
Trying 64.12.200.89...
Connected to login.glogin.messaging.aol.com.
Escape character is '^]'.
*Jg
With the last line being random jibberish. Can you confirm that you get the same?
Posted: Mon Oct 24, 2005 4:26 am
by twistmac
what I get is
Trying 205.188.153.121...
telnet: connect to address 205.188.153.121: Operation timed out
telnet: Unable to connect to remote host
Posted: Mon Oct 24, 2005 4:51 am
by ajmas
If you can ping 205.188.153.121, but not connect to it with the telnet test, then it would certainly indicate that there is something between your computer and the host that is blocking your access to the port.
Reading back through your posts you say this also affects a PC you tried, yet your friends in the hall can connect. At the same time you can connect through the web client of AOL Express. This would seem to indicate that the problem is not Mac specific, and is not related to your accounts.
This does not sound like a routing issue either.
You should probably check with your college friends to see if they are using a proxy.
Posted: Mon Oct 24, 2005 4:54 am
by twistmac
They aren't using a proxy. I had the latest Adium also, so I decided to compile the SVN. That didn't help.
Posted: Mon Oct 24, 2005 5:04 am
by ajmas
Compiling the latest version of Adium wouldn't make a difference. The problem is really independent of Adium and is affecting your computer and the PC you tried.
Were both PC and Mac tested using the same ethernet connection? Have you tried renewing your DHCP lease (network system preferences), if you are using DHCP. Have you installed a supplemental firewall on your computer?
Posted: Mon Oct 24, 2005 5:10 am
by twistmac
I tried both computers on the same connection. I tried renewing my DCHP lease and it didn't help. The only firewall I use is apple's but I tried it with it off and got nowhere also.
Posted: Mon Oct 24, 2005 6:36 am
by twistmac
wow, okay apparently web messenger works for msn, but not adium with the http settings
and my PC was a laptop (with gaim) that I've tried at different access points around campus, and it hasn't worked.
Posted: Tue Oct 25, 2005 5:34 pm
by twistmac
Well for some reason in finally works w00t!!!
Posted: Tue Oct 25, 2005 7:35 pm
by The_Tick
By the way, more descriptive thread titles are a good thing.
Posted: Tue Oct 25, 2005 7:36 pm
by twistmac
yeah, sorry about that