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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!
permalink · 2005-08-26 01:14:48 · Print · Reply to this

BlitzenZeus
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Re: AIM can't direct connect if NIS '05 enabled

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.
permalink · 2005-08-26 01:21:00 · Reply to this

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San Bruno, CA		 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.
permalink · 2005-08-26 01:40:39 · Reply to this
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