trouble connecting with people in AIM to send files.

dr_zayus69 · 12-01-2004, 09:01 PM

when someone tries to send me something on AIM or YMessenger and i click yes the program shuts itself down. I am running Fedora Core 2. Could i maybe have some security function enabled that is doing this?

ringwraith · 12-01-2004, 11:23 PM

Do you have a firewall? Do you have a router that would be blocking that port?

dr_zayus69 · 12-01-2004, 11:48 PM

i don't have a firewall as far as i know but i do have a netgear router i believe. how can i view the ports in linux? and which port would the aim be using?

ringwraith · 12-02-2004, 12:24 PM

http://www.aol.com/aim/faq/filetransfer.html

dr_zayus69 · 12-02-2004, 02:42 PM

i tried changing the port AIM uses to connect and that didn't work. It was using port 5190 but then i changed it to port 80. I haven't set up a firewall myself. Does Fedora Core 2 come with one preset that may be preventing the data to go through?

dr_zayus69 · 12-03-2004, 10:16 AM

is there a log file for internet activity that i could check to see what is happening when Aim crashes?