Could not connect to AIM. Change port doesn't help !

I have been using ichat for about three months without any problems.
It is tonight (22/10/06) that I cannot login while I was able to connect to the server in this morning. Nothing has changed in my router configuration.
The error message is "Could not connect to AIM. The specified host cannot be located.
I did search the forum here. The suggested solution is to change ichat port to 443 or 5191. It does not work for me.
At first I thought the server was busy. But I changed my mind since my friend can login.
My internet connection works normally. Nothing seems broken.
Oh another thing is both my username before @mac and passwords is 9 characters.
Please help.
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Hi Omegaxxx,
At this stage I would try this.
Down load IPNetMonmitorX
It is free as a trail for a number of days.
Get it to do Port Scans on the UDP ports that iChat uses.
Do these one at a time for Ports 5060, 5190 and 5678 and then repeat for the group of twenty (16384-16403)
Now test it for TCP port Scans. (just port 5190 for AIM/@mac)
This will be the one to tell if the Login is working or not.
Repeat for any other port you have tried iChat to login with. (The AIM servers will allow login on almost any port: 443 is regarded as more secure as it is used for some Mail apps)
You will need to test to a specific IP address.
Use the ones listed by Ryan above.
If you are on a University or other large campus like a large business it may be that they have blocked the ports at a fairly local level.
If you opened the ports in your connection device with Port Forwarding and it is also using DHCP then check your computer is at the same IP that the Port Forwarding is pointing to.
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