Does iChat work in Berlin, Germany?

Question

I know this may sound silly, but I am travelling to Berlin for the summer and I want to make sure that iChat works there. Is there anyone that can help me out with the answer?
Thank you ahead of time!
Kristin

Answer 1

They may be blocking ports other than the standard web surfing, pop/imap email, and authenticated sending email ports. That's why I suggested to Kristin to see about getting a public IPA. You need to see if you can get a public IP address assignment that attaches you outside Hotel Concorde's firewall, too. It has been my experience at Marriott properties, that they seem to block numerous ports (like the non-standard ssh port that I use for ssh and numerous encrypted tunneled traffic of otherwise non-encrypted services), but they have a signin option when you signup for internet access on their signin webpage, to get a public IPA that bypasses their firewall. My experience with Hilton properties is that they did not block any ports. I am not familiar with Hotel Concorde properties. You need to find out if they are blocking any of iChat's ports, or using VoIP or other SIP like services that may be causing you problems. IF you can get a public IPA that attaches you outside their firewall, there should not be any issue.