Am appearing offline to buddies even though it says I am 'online'

Hey all,
I've tried searching these forums and done a lot of the suggestions (ie changing the ports, checking/unchecking SSL) but nothing seems to work. All of my buddies / coworkers have been complaining that I am 'not online', even though iChat / AIM says I am 'connected', online, and available. I'm still online, am able to talk to ANYONE (if I message them), but everyone says I am invisible. And yes, this started happening after I upgraded to Lion.
I've tried using login.oscar.aol.com / slogin.oscar.aol.com, toggling between ports 80, 443, and 5190, even using SSL and non.
Also: my coworkers, on the same network at work, seem to be using iChat fine and with the normal system default (SSL unchecked, login.oscar.aol.com, port 5190). This did not work for me.
Anyone else seeing this error? I am at a loss. I've restarted, deleted my aim account and re-added it, all the normal fixes someone could think of.
HELP?

Hi,
The Lion/iChat 6 upgrade makes the AIM Logins change the server name to api.oscar.aol.com
This can apparently handle both SSL and non SSL logins (no Name change like earlier versions).
However you can manually enter the older server name and the default port and Server names appear when you swap between SSL and Non SSL logins (slogin.oscar.com and login.oscar.aol.com)
(you do not say if your colleagues are using Lion/iChat 6)
It is true that the older servers would accept a login on almost any port.
We took to suggesting port 443 as this is open in most routing devices and used by Mail apps and Web Browser when doing Secure Logins.
Differences in what iChat has set as the Logged in Status and what Buddies see can be down to another login somewhere else that you may have forgotten about.
AIM express, even on a phone, has a default Login period of two weeks (unless you change it if you don't specifically Log out when you have Finished.
Obviously you could also have another app logged in that can do AIM Logins. Adium or ProteousX seem to be the most popular.
I would set iChat to Not allow Multiple Logins  and then restart iChat.
This way you will get a Message from "AimSysMessage" as a Buddy asking if you want to log out the other Login (if there is one)
Replying with a "1" (no Quotes) logs out that other instance.
I would then restart iChat again just to make sure there are not other logins.
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