Changing Ichat port.

I can't seem to connect with my buddies on Ichat. A window comes up saying communication error. I have tried to change the port to 443 from 5190 but it won't stay in. As soon as I leave the window it goes back to 5190. I am offline when I do this. What am I doing wrong? What do I do to keep the 443 in there?
Thanks

Set the port to 443(press return/enter(you might have to tick and untick SSL for 443 to stick)).
Log back in again.

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Changing the port in iChat

Long ago I captured the following from this discussion board:
Open iChat.
Go to Preferences > Accounts.
After selecting the AIM Login account in the left hand list go to Server Settings tab.
With iChat logged out of AIm change the port from 5190 to 443
Log in to AIM<<
I'm curious if this is still a problem solver? I don't believe I've had trouble camming but I've only done mac to mac. I did have two 3-way chats that never materialized because I never got the screen showing the people.
But back to the quote, What is that change for? Should we make it?

Hi Eddie,
It was first found that Zyxel modems benefitted from this change. For some reason Zyxles do not like logging on to port 5190 and Video chatting.
More recent modems and routers have added protocols to the Port Forwarding set ups. This can have porblems when Port 5190 has to log in to AIM on TCP and have the UDP protocol for File Sending and Groupd chats and Buddy List updates.
In these cases it is worth changing the port to 443 to free up 5190 for UDP only.
6:51 PM Thursday; June 8, 2006

Can't change the port

A while ago, while in a library and trying to iChat/text with my wife and getting errors I attempted changing the port to 443 to solve the issue. It helped and I was able to chat.
Now I'm having problems Vchatting and thought I'd change the port back to 5190. But I can't. When I open preferences and go to server settings and click on the port settings it's like clicking on a frozen window, nothing happens.
I realize changing the ports may or may not solve my problem, but why on earth can I no longer change the port settings?
Thanks

Hi Daniel,
You first have to log out of your AIM account.
(you can log out by selecting iChat's pull down menu and select "log out of AIM)
Then you will be able to change the port.
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Is it possible to change the outgoing port for iChat?
yea, that's all I really want to know.
Help me oh gods of apple.

Hi peter,
Yep.
Open iChat > iChat menu > Preferences >Accounts
Click once on your account you want to change
Go to the Server settings tab
Make sure you are Logged out of AIM
Change the port (5190) to 443
This will change the log in porta and Text chatting as well.
Video and Audio and the ports used to get a chat going are not changable.
Ralph

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Hi rodstrout,
If you do not use Bonjour as you do not have another Mac take out 5297, 5298 and 5353 for the TCP AND UDP settings they have (save four lines)
If not using Jabber delete 5220, 5222 and 5223 on the TCP setting (or change this to 5220-5223 as it is only 4 ports)
Setting UPnP if you have it does change it to a Once only ON/Off setting without any typing of ports.
If you do not have this look for Port Triggering (Special Applications) as this can open the ports in less lines.
Depending how the ports can be listed the main iChat AV ports can be done in one or two lines.
On some it can be:
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trigger 5678 on UDP to trigger 5060 on UDP
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In both cases the Login port of 5190 needs to be a TCP trigger to Both protocols (UDP and TCP) but still on port 5190.
The Jabber and Bonjour ports are also added as single ports.
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I first had the problem logging in when I got my mac, and changed the port number and all was fine.
Just recently, after some unrelated issues with our router, I started having more problems. Things were working up until yesterday.
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Hi,
Try these two things one after the other. (i.e. use the second if th first does not work)
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Delete com.apple.iChat.AIM.plist and then restart iChat.
Restarting iChat recreates the .plist and forces it to re-establish the Login info.
If successful change the port to 443.
2) GO to the iChat Menu > Preferences > Accounts and highlight the miscreant
Use the Minus button and delete it.
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IChat, Port Forwarding Problems, Choppy Audio and Video

Hello everyone. I hope someone can help me... been trying to fix this for a few weeks with no luck.
I have been trying video chat my friend through iChat. This has worked in the past no problem. She has a MacBook and I a MacBook Pro. Just recently, I upgraded her computer to snow leopard (I am already running it)
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At here end she should go to the iChat Preferences > Video section and reduce the Bandwidth setting to 500kbps.
Once you have a stable Chat Open the Connection Doctor (Video menu) at both ends.
Then at one end at a time you should adjust the Setting upwards one step at a time to find out where and at what speed you have issues.
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This may mean the speed differences between you are now in fact greater than they were before.
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Ya , Manish you are right IWS 4.1 is really old.
But My application has been developed in past that is using IWS4.1 .
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