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Dennis247 - Jan 31, 2007 - 8:39 am

Hi
I've been trying to get ichat and skype working and seem to be having trouble with my new router. I tried checking and unchecking UPnP which amazingly worked for a while. but now it's not working again. Anyone got any ideas.

bobw - Jan 31, 2007 - 8:58 am

Hi dennis

You have to open ports on the router for iChat and Skype.

Read this for iChat ports;

http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=93208

and this for Skype;

http://support.skype.com/index.php?_...details&_i=148

bobw
http://www.macosx.com

Dennis247 - Jan 31, 2007 - 12:25 pm

Thanks! That worked for ichat but skype says i need port 80 or 443 open. When I try to open those ports on my router I get this message " Service Port number was defined by another service." although I don't seem to have another service relating to those ports. Any more ideas on this
Thanks again I'm half way there!

bobw - Jan 31, 2007 - 12:41 pm

Dennis

Port 80 and 443 will already be open, 80 for 'http'and 443 for 'https'.

For Skype, see if this helps;

http://support.skype.com/index.php?_...details&_i=528

bobw
http://www.macosx.com

Dennis247 - Jan 31, 2007 - 4:52 pm

Hi thanks again but ....I went to that page and read " In Skype under Tools -> Options -> Connections untick the option "Use ports 80 and 443 for incoming connections" but I can"t find "Tools" in my version of Skype (2.0.0.6)

bobw - Feb 1, 2007 - 11:07 am

Dennis

Skype has a forum you can post to for help on this;

http://forum.skype.com/

I don't use Skype, so I'm not sure about how the ports have to be set.

bobw
http://www.macosx.com