Ichat file transfer issues

Hi, is anyone else experiencing as issue with iChat where if you send over a file like an mp3 it says unexpected error in the file transfer box after the recipient accepts the file? The process was working yesterday and has done this all day. Please someone help.

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Anyway, I am hoping someone can point out what I am doing wrong as I am still getting this error: An AIM error has occurred. Unable to talk directly to your buddy. I am also getting this error: An AIM service error occurred. The server message was: Serv:RequestTimeout.
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I am not sure I have understood your Networking here.
You say the Netgear is getting an IP (Via DHCP) from the ISP.
You go onto say it is at 192.168.1.1
It issues IP addresses from 192.168.1.2 through 192.168.1.51 and the Linksys has an IP outside this range at 192.168.1.136
Your computer is at 192.168.1.233
As both devices are using the 192.168.1.xxx group and doing DHCP (even with restricted groups) how does the computer know which one to connect to ?
You should be able to change the group that each device is using for it's own network (I would suggest the Netgear)
You should also turn Off DHCP (to the LAN) in the Netgear so it's own network (subnet) only goes as far as the Linksys.
Similarly in the Linksys make sure DHCP is Off or change the Mac to use Manually (Static) with DHCP.
Both devices can do UPnP found in the Administration tab in the Linksys and the WAN page of the Netgear.
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Greentings ladies and gentlemen,
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sudo ipfw l
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01010 allow udp from any to any dst-port 5190
01030 allow tcp from any to any dst-port 5190
12300 allow tcp from any to any established
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12302 allow tcp from any to any dst-port 22
12302 allow udp from any to any dst-port 22
12303 allow udp from any to any out keep-state
12304 allow tcp from any to any dst-port 53 out keep-state
12304 allow udp from any to any dst-port 53 out keep-state
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12306 allow tcp from any to any dst-port 311
12307 allow tcp from any to any dst-port 625
12308 allow icmp from any to any icmptypes 8
12309 allow icmp from any to any icmptypes 0
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12311 allow udp from any to any dst-port 5190
12312 allow tcp from any to any dst-port 5222
12313 allow tcp from any to any dst-port 5223
12314 allow tcp from any to any dst-port 5269
12315 allow udp from any to any dst-port 5297,5678
12316 allow tcp from any to any dst-port 5298
12316 allow udp from any to any dst-port 5298
12317 allow udp from any to any dst-port 16384-16403
12318 allow udp from any to any dst-port 5060
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12320 allow tcp from any to any dst-port 8008
12321 allow tcp from any to any dst-port 8443
65535 allow ip from any to any
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tcp46 0 0 *.5900 . LISTEN
tcp4 0 0 *.88 . LISTEN
tcp6 0 0 *.88 . LISTEN
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tcp4 0 0 *.3659 . LISTEN
tcp4 0 0 *.106 . LISTEN
tcp4 0 0 *.3659 . LISTEN
tcp4 0 0 *.106 . LISTEN
tcp4 0 0 127.0.0.1.54 . LISTEN
tcp4 0 0 127.0.0.1.53 . LISTEN
tcp4 0 0 *.749 . LISTEN
tcp4 0 0 *.389 . LISTEN
tcp6 0 0 *.389 . LISTEN
tcp4 0 0 *.22 . LISTEN
tcp6 0 0 *.22 . LISTEN
tcp4 0 0 *.548 . LISTEN
tcp6 0 0 *.548 . LISTEN
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First off, realize there is no association between your firewall rules and netstat.
Just because your firewall is letting traffic in that does not mean it will appear in your netstat.
netstat -a will show you a list of ports that are in use - i.e. there is some process listening to (or writing to) that port. That is independent of whether the firewall permits the traffic (e.g. the firewall could well allow traffic in on 5190, but unless there's a process listening to 5190 you won't see it in the netstat).
Secondly, IIRC iChat file transfers are client-to-client therefore it might not be your server, or your server's firewall or your server's network that's the issue - the client will need to have a firewall configured to allow incoming traffic from other iChat clients.
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