Aim host refuses connection

As soon as I restarted after latest security update, aim and ichat no longer connect. the aim host refuses connection. Any thoughts?

It's very strange that you should mention this problem, as I have had the exact same one only recently.
However my problem seems to be architecture independent and not dependent upon the OS version 10.4.7 or 10.4.8 that I'm using. Both my G4 PowerBook and my Intel Mac Pro are exhibiting the same inability to connect to AIM via Adium or iChat but randomly and infrequently. AOL's antiquated IM client still works, strangely enough.
Perhaps my problem is a different one, but my proposal is that yours could be related.
No firewall running on my system, though I suspect that my ISP or router (router less likely) have something to do with this funny little problem. Any thoughts are appreciated.

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Host refused connection, try again later

What does this mean? I have been trying lots of things but nothing is working. When ever I click ichat this is the first thing it says "Host refused connection, try again later"

What router do you have ?
It is normally done by typing into a web browser at the URL bar the IP that the router shows to your Mac.
It often includes a User ID and Password to be entered into a pop up that come s next.
We send people to this site http://portforward.com/routers.htm
Clicking on your device and then iChat in the next page will take you to a page that will tell you the defaults for your device.
The last page will also go on to tell you how to do Port Forwarding
We don't suggest using this as a first choice. We suggesting looking for and set UPnP if you Device has it.
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Getting "Host refused connection, try later" from AIM...

...anyone having this issue?
I finally solved my inability to use iChat AV with AIM on my iMac with Tiger...but now am having this AOL issue with refused connection in Leopard and iChat 3...
Thx.

Thanks for that, it works for me too xD

Host Refused Connection

Over the last week, I haven't been able to log onto iChat on my home internet. Every time I try to, I get the message "The host refused the connection, please try again later"
I've tried 3-4 times a day, and read over the forums here which told me to change the port from 5190 to 443 which I did and it didn't change anything, I still can't log on.
They weird part is, is that if i go to my school, and log on with their wireless, it works perfectly!
I've been using meebo in the mean time but would really like to know how to fix this!

Hi,
Welcome to the  Discussions
In System Preferences > Network you can use the Locations tab to create settings that are different in different places.
You may find that at Present the Advanced Button > DNS Tab has no permanent DNS servers listed (Dark text) and is showing ones greyed out that it can read from the router/modem.
It can help if the DNS servers are relevant to the Internet Connection you have.
It should not however show you the School ones when you are connected at home or vice versa. (Unless you entered them yourself)
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9:07 PM Thursday; October 8, 2009

IChat and other aim messengers not connecting?

Wondering if anyone else is having this issue? iChat says the host refused connection and like Adium says I could not connect because the socket was not installed or connected....?????

Hi
Try logging on to AIM on port 443 rather than port 5190 on both ends
Go to IChat in the menu bar > Preferences > Accounts.
Log out of AIM and then use the Server Settings tab
Set the port to 443.
Log back in again.
Tony

"The host refused the connection" error all of the sudden???

I was working with an iMac G5 2GHz with 1.5GB RAM and OSX.4.6 with iChatAV 3.1.4. I use an AEBS for my network but the iMac is plugged directly into the AEBS. I use Verizon FIOS. My internet connection has been flawless.
After using Drive Genius 1.2 to repair, repair permissions, then rebuild my internal hard drive (booted from external FW HD and ran app from there) I have been getting recurrent and random iChat messages that "the host refused the connection" and tells me to try later. I have an AIM account logged in that was previously working fine. About 1.5 years of iChatting with the account and NEVER received this message. Now I get it several times a day if I try to shut down and restart the program.
Just used Migration Assistant last night to transfer iMac G5 to my new iMac Intel (which is insanely fast, BTW, and I really like that! . I'm continuing to get this message over and over. I can connect one second, disconnect and try again, then get the message of refusal to connect again!?!? I tried deleting the Users>UserName>Library>Prefs>com.apple.ichat.AIM pref but did nothing to help.
Any suggestions on why this is happening and how to fix it?

Hey Ralph,
Have you actually Quit iChat and restared it during
any of this ?
Yes, I have quit ichat and restarted a few times. When it tries to automatically log in, it doesn't. When I use the menu or Apple + L or change my online status to available, it works about 85% of the time.
Have you restarted the computer ?
Yes, I had to when my machine had gone into sleep mode. Wouldn't reconnect to AOL server until i did restart.
So as far as you are aware the Modem is not doing
Port Forwarding to an IP (Hopefully your computer )
on your LAN for the iChat ports ?
I'm not exactly sure of everything you have asked but as I haven't changed any settings on my Modem since it was installed in November, I'm fairly certain it isn't Port Forwarding...BUT I'm not sure what that means. In other words, I haven't changed anything but my own computer and that has just been updates and altering energy saver mode, other working etc. I thought it had to do with the Energy Saving mode because I turned that off temporarily while I was working on something and it's the most recent variable change I can think of. I had no software updates since 5-17 before this weekend and that was a Security Update.
Am I making sense?
I'm beginning to wonder if it's something with the AOL server....
8:39 PM Wednesday; June 7, 2006

RFC Error: A remote host refused an attempted connect operation

Hi I received strange kind of error..
Have anyone of you seen something like this before?
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Hi,
MSHOST=logon**.*.com is name server, but it can be recognized as in message is also part "on local host with Unicode ERROR partner '.*..**:" where *.*... is IP address..
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@2.) I can't change it to ABAP proxy
M.

10G dbconsole: A remote host refused an attempted connect operation.

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SMD Issue: A remote host refused an attempted connect operation

Hi all,
I am installing SMD agent 7.2 on managed system which is ABAP+JAVA 7.0. I Have successfully installed SMD agent 7.2 on Managemd system. Now, i need to configure its Introcope agent for JAVA system in sOlution manager. when i go to RCA->MAnaged system->setup wizard, it successfully configures it in further screens.
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location:/usr/sap/sMD/SMDA97/log/SMDAgentApplication.0.log
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Can anyone help me solving this issue?
REgards,
FAisal

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Java Proxy Runtime Error - A remote host refused an attempted connection

I am able to register my Java server proxy with no errors. However when I message is sent through I get the following error in Xi Adapter:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="yes" ?>
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<SAP:P2 />
<SAP:P3 />
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Doea anyone know why this is happening?

I guess, that you have Java proxy libraries in the EAR file. Remove them before deploying.
Regards
Stefan

"The AIM proxy refused the connection."

Using terminal, I create a SSH tunnel to my computer when I'm out of the house. On my mac, I have a Network Location set up with a SOCKS proxy on 127.0.0.1:9999. This set up works in almost every application I have tried it with: Safari, Mail.app, Camino, Firefox, Adium, etc.
However, it does not work with iChat 4.0. For my AIM account preferences, I check the "Connect using proxy" box. Then when I try to connect to AIM, I get the following error message.
"The AIM proxy refused the connection. Check the proxy information in the Accounts section of iChat preferences."
In the preferences, I have tried both the "Use System Preferences" option as well as manually specifying the proxy. Both give the error message.
Am I missing an iChat-specific step somewhere?

Yes, have tried both the iChat (Server Settings, Connect using Proxy) settings and also the system-wide proxy settings. Neither works, immediately reports the "refused" connection. Note tested this does indeed work with Adium, but of course would rather use iChat.
Also there is a vague reference to iChat bug being fixed in 10.5.2 in this engadget article:
http://www.engadget.com/2007/12/19/mac-os-x-10-5-2-is-packing-hefty-fixes-due-ja nuary-ish/2
"- Resolved issue with local SOCKS proxy and iChat" ??? Can Apple elaborate on the referenced fix and determine if it is related to this problem? Or is there a link you can provide which describes the bug fix?
Thanks!
Message was edited by: madpacket

Ichat losing connection with aim host

my ichat always disconnects and says "lost connection with aim host" what does that mean? also, when im signed on i am able to send messages to others and it appears that im online, but really im not because i dont recieve anyones ims. i've talked to friends who say im not online when it appears that i am on when i look at my computer. why do i have this problem? what is wrong with my ichat?
powerbook G4 Mac OS X (10.4.6)

Hi Irobin,
I am puzzled by this at the moment.
Deleting the .plist file would normally sort this.
Can you create a test Mac User account on your Mac.
Set up iChat with exactly the same Screen name in this new account.
Does this work ?
You will only see the screen names unless you export the other (Mac Account) Address Book details and import them into this account's one. This can be done though the Backup option the Address Bok has.
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A remote host refused an attempted connect operation

I have been tasked with putting together a demo of Adobe Interactive Forms on our development system, and I'm following the steps listed in the SAP How-To guide, "How To... Create Online and Offline Forms in Web Dynpro for Java."
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     at java.net.PlainSocketImpl.connect(PlainSocketImpl.java:188)
     at java.net.Socket.connect(Socket.java:482)
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-- Nick

Hi Nick,
Can you verify the ADS connection using the web service test tool? Go to http://myhost:50000/, choose web services, choose the 1st one (Adobe Document Services?), choose test, don't enter any values (leave the default values) and choose test (or something very similar, I don't have access to a server right now to verify it). You should get a login screen where you need to login with "ADSUser". Finally you should see the request and response where the response status code must be "200 OK" (and the response content-type should not be text/html; that's when a logon screen html page is returned, e.g. if the password is expired).
If it fails somewhere, try it again using the FQHN, e.g. http://myhost.mydomain.com:50000/ (I think we had a similar issue once).
If the web service test doesn't work, there's definitely a problem with the ADS configuration. If the web service does work, check the connection settings in Visual Administrator <a href="http://help.sap.com/saphelp_nw04s/helpdata/en/43/f3fcf604777062e10000000a1553f6/frameset.htm">Setting Up Basic Authentication in a Java Environment</a> (or the ABAP and/or SSL version of the same document).
Kind regards,
Sigiswald

Ichat host refused

hi,
i've searched through many different topics but can't seem to find any answer for my problem. the past two days ichat on my macbook isn't working. i've had my mac for about two months and there haven't been any problems.
i'm getting an error that says "the host refused the connect, try again later"
in other topics i saw to set the port to 443 and that didnt work. i also tried setting my aim account to [email protected], that didn't work.
any suggestions?
thanks.

Hi,
At times the AIM servers can drop your connection.
This can confuse iChat.
Try deleting the file com.apple.ichat.aim.plist in Users/(your account)/Library/Preferences. You have to go to this Preferences folder manually as Spotlight does not look in there.
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Everytime I attempt to log in(from any account on my computer or any screen name) I receive a pop-up error message saying "Host refused server. Try again later." This has been happening for two weeks now and I called apple support and AOL support and both said they could not help me. The finny thing is, I can sign on to my screen name on AIM from another location and connect to iChat as long as my AOL is signed on even though it's a different screen name .. I'm so confused!!!! PLEASE HELP!!!

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I am reading that iChat will not log into the AIM servers with one account name from a mac computer in one location But that it will if you use the AIM application on another computer that is somewhere else - even if the AIM application is using another log in name.
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