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Old March 11th, 2008, 05:15 PM
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iChat Server: Timeout Issue

So I've read tons of forums and have not found a solution for this yet.

My iChat used to work perfectly fine until one day I realized that I wasn't getting any IM's from anyone. I thought the world was mad at me or something. Then, I found out that when I send IM's, my friends are getting them but then it says that I "signed off".

From my p.o.v. it shows my buddy list still up, it says I'm available and everything. But from their p.o.v. it shows that I logged on, sent them a message and then logged off.

I tried using google talk, meebo, aim express, changing my port to 443, calling my ISP to see if my internet may have been losing connection on/off. No problems there. It's only when I try to use a chat client is when this happens. I even tried using Adium. Did not work. I also tried getting on my sn on my dads PC with vista, same problem.

I really have no other idea what could be the problem. Any help/advice/miracles will be GREATLY APPRECIATED!!!

Bc, I'm honestly about to throw in the towel.

Thanks guys and gals.
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Old March 11th, 2008, 05:17 PM
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ALSO, when I send an IM a message comes up that says "Aim error, Aim Serv: Timeout" or something like that...

i have a black macbook, running os x leopard
SBC Yahoo! DSL and a 2Wire Modem

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Old March 12th, 2008, 10:28 PM
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I have had the same thing on and off since getting Leopard. In addition my iChat gets disconnected and automatically reconnects VERY often. I haven't yet found a fix for this, changing the ports has no effect.
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Old March 13th, 2008, 11:57 AM
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Check your OS X firewall settings (System Preferences->Security). Turn off the Firewall and then try. Plus if you are going through an internet router make sure you open the logical ports for iChat list in the Apple document "Well Known" TCP and UDP ports used by Apple software products.

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Old March 13th, 2008, 09:49 PM
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Well, after about 7 hours of work I finally figured out what was wrong. It seems as if something was tampered with inside my router. I reset it to its factory settings and ran my internet set-up all over again and voila! No more problems!

Thank you to everyone who posted and emailed me with responses. I'm glad this is finally over. I also recommend that anyone else having this issue try and reset their router. (you may need to contact your isp to re-set up your internet afterward).

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