I can't send files but i can receive them

Hello all,
I've searched this forum and still need help.
My buddy can send me multiple files, while I cannot send him a single one. He gets an error message: "myusername encountered a problem when sending this file" or something euqually as unhelpful as that.
• I am on a home network behind a router.
• I connect wirelessly.
• I have opened up the firewall ports on both my router and system preferences. I know that they are open, because my buddy can send files to me.
Also (this might help) it is an AOL IM account that has been active for several years. are there residual account preferences burried somewhere on AOL's server?
Oh, and, iChat won't connect to my jabber/gmail account, either.
Any help would be greatly appreciated as iChat is the easiest way to collaborate on large files.
Thank you,
brandon

Hi Brandon,
I cam across this this weekend with someone using a Netgear device with Port Forwarding of which he sendt me a screen shot so I knew they were done.
He could accept Pics in text and other files from me and others but could not send any out from his end. Both parties woud end up with a messa=ge that they were "Waiting" for the other end to start either sending or accepting.
Scanning ports with IPNetmonitorX showed that for some reason port 5190 showed as not open on TCP in his router despite being logged on to AIM.
The solution was to change the login port in iChat to 443.
Chat Preferences > Accounts > Account name in left hand column > Server Settings Tab. Change port to 443
Ralph

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