aol bites
@24.206.x.x
| aol blocks ports
I dont know if they are still doing it, but aol blocked all ports of non-aol programs. Such as icq, Internet explorer, and yahoo chat. When i called aol about this, the person cliamed they do not block ports, but i could not tracert or ping past thier proxy server. So, I disconnected aol and will never go back. I dont need and ISP telling me which programs i can and can not run. |
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soothsayer15
join:2002-03-01
Irving, TX | It had to be your computer. I'm no AOL fan, but I was able to do all of those things. People blame the ISP because they refuse to believe there could be a possibility they don't know what they are doing. |
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Angrychair
join:2000-09-20
Jacksonville, FL | With someone using AOL, I have to say your statement is more than just a remote possibility.  |
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aol bites
@shawcable.net
| It was not the machine. I made straight A's in my microsoft classes and passed my cisco class with a C. Since I work for an ISP I have to troubleshoot WAN LAN connections all day long. |
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Angrychair
join:2000-09-20
Jacksonville, FL
 ·Comcast
 ·AT&T Southeast
| Really? I'm not trying to make you look dumb or anything, but AOL uses Internet explorer as it's browser, and ICQ is OWNED by AOL.
What you can do in a microsoft or cisco course really doesn't impress anyone here, especially when you're using AOL.
Yeah, they suck, but they're not blocking their own products. |
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unixgirlie
@mindspring.n
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i hate to break it to ya honey, but microsoft classes mean dick in the real world for the most part. what cisco class did you take and why did you only get a C? i know more idiots with MCSE's than i'd like to think about. sad part is they're getting paid 3x what the people who really do the work get paid (many of whom either don't have a computer degree or dropped out).
not to mention the fact that anyone with any real technical knowledge wouldn't touch an AOL connection with a 10 ft pole, much less sign up for one. |
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Angrychair
join:2000-09-20
Jacksonville, FL | I was trying to say the same thing without being quite so in his face.  |
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SeminoleRob
join:2001-12-19
Panama City, FL | reply to aol bites
If somehow you told AOL that it could be the primary ISP, then yeah, it blocks almost everything else. Turn that off, and it should work ok. |
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COXnightmare
join:2001-07-16
Burke, VA |  reply to Angrychair
AOL SUX! |
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no sweat
join:2002-04-19
Westlake, OH |  reply to aol bites
yessire this is true. aol does block ports, but only when parental controls are enabled. anything other then general (18+) access blocks all ports outside aol.. nothing works except the aol program....
stupid aol.. |
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BridgeTapBob
join:2002-03-26
Indianapolis, IN | reply to aol bites
Isnt it Ironic that AOL blocks access to their own product (ICQ)? Once again the monkeys in aol corp VA...are tinkering with their Meth lab.
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"What do you mean Im past 18,000 feet!!!!' |
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cTech1
@209.187.x.x
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.oO Just a thought Oo.
-Did you ever think to toggle the option in AOL's config that you have to toggle to use your connection with other applications ?
-In order to use netscape, some of my associates have had to toggle this AOL option. (back before they knew any better, they started with AOL) Sorry, I use a real ISP not a web page provider, so I am unfamiliar with their option menus, otherwise I would offer the location of the switch.
-I must say I have worked with some real rock heads that held MCSE certs. lol @ how truely worthless they really are.
-P.S. If you work at an ISP then why the hell were you using AOL? Is it possibly becasue you were a lot less knowledgeable then ? This would in-validate your defense that "I work for an ISP troubleshooting WAN / LAN connetions all day". You were not at that knowledge level when you used AOL. Or when you un-justly tried to assult them based on your own ignorant mistake. Don't get me wrong, AOL sucks for manr reasons like cost and ads and targeted search results.
-cTech1
calvin_in_chicago@yahoo.com |
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cTech1
@209.187.x.x | reply to unixgirlie
Hey UnixGirlie !
You seem pretty cool, email me at the addy on my previous post if you feel like it !
-cTech1 |
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