freedtape
@cox.net
| AIM can't direct connect if NIS '05 enabled
I have a strange problem...
My internet service is a 5mbps/5mbps connection at the college I'm attending. The dorm room has network connection and plugged into my desktop computer.
I can communicate using AOL AIM instant messenger without
any problems. However, nobody can send me files/photos via the "direct connect" file transfer feature.
However, it works fine if I temporaritly disable my Norton Internet Security 2005 software. I tried changing Norton's personal firewall setting for AIM to "permit all".... still no luck...
Please help me figure this one out. Thanks! |
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BlitzenZeus
Burnt Out Cynic
Premium,MVM
join:2000-01-13
Beaverton, OR
1 edit | Read the logs, figure which rules are preventing this, and make the approapriate changes. Rule based firewalls process rules in a certain order, and the first rule to effect the packet will be the last. |
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Defcon888
Premium
join:2003-07-22
San Bruno, CA | reply to freedtape
On AIM, Go to My AIM | Edit Options | Preferences | Direct IM | Firewall, and choose 'AOL Proxy Server Only,' or try different ones.
I have NIS2005 on one of my computers, and had to set it to that. Good luck. |
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