IChat no longer connects

I have used iChat many times early in the year with no problems.
I have not used iChat over the past several months.
Recently I started using it again and I am having problems connecting.
I am constantly getting error codes -7 & -8
Recently my son got a new Mac Book and he is having the same problem as well.
We tested it out with both firewall on & off.
Also changed QTstreaming speed to 1.5Mbps T1
We still have the problem.
Both of us are on cable.
Other, then the above mentioned changes, I have never fooled around
with any of the settings in iChat, for it always worked, up until now.
Does anyone have any idea what caused this problem?
Will it be resolved by an update from Apple or do I have to
start making adjustments within the program.
If more info is needed, please let me know and I will pass it along.
Thank you

Hi Ralph,
After reading several articles on your website, we did the following:
My son and I made the following changes to both of our computers.
Sys Prefs> Sharing>Firewall
Opened ports 5060,51190,5678, etc. etc.
I turned the firewall off on my router as well.
Now, we are no longer getting the error-8.
My son is getting insufficient bandwidth errors.
I am now getting error-22
Here is a copy of the log:
Date/Time: 2006-12-31 08:56:55.353 -0500
OS Version: 10.4.8 (Build 8L127)
Report Version: 4
iChat Connection Log:
AVChat started with ID 1942536308.
0x44df20: State change from AVChatNoState to AVChatStateWaiting.
[email protected]: State change from AVChatNoState to AVChatStateInvited.
0x44df20: State change from AVChatStateWaiting to AVChatStateConnecting.
[email protected]: State change from AVChatStateInvited to AVChatStateConnecting.
0x44df20: State change from AVChatStateConnecting to AVChatStateEnded.
Chat ended with error -22
[email protected]: State change from AVChatStateConnecting to AVChatStateEnded.
Chat ended with error -22
Video Conference Error Report:
44.860537 @SIP/Transport.c:121 type=4 (00000000/0)
[SIP/2.0 481 Call Leg/Transaction Does Not Exist
Via: SIP/2.0/UDP m.0;branch=z9hG4bK6b5fb6736c3f5c16
To: "u0" <sip:[email protected]>;tag=1453393108
From: "[email protected]" <sip:[email protected]>;tag=858256880
Call-ID: bd31f650-98d6-11db-8acb-893bdc9a13c4@192-168-1-5
CSeq: 2 BYE
User-Agent: Viceroy 1.2
Content-Length: 0
44.690366 @SIP/Transport.c:121 type=4 (00000000/0)
[NOTIFY sip:[email protected] SIP/2.0
Via: SIP/2.0/UDP u0exte.0;branch=z9hG4bK08b631a9026333bc
Max-Forwards: 70
To: "[email protected]" <sip:[email protected]>;tag=858256880
From: "u0" <sip:[email protected]>;tag=1453393108
Call-ID: bd31f650-98d6-11db-8acb-893bdc9a13c4@192-168-1-5
CSeq: 3 NOTIFY
Contact: <sip:[email protected]>;isfocus
Event: conference
Subscription-State: terminated;reason=noresource
User-Agent: Viceroy 1.2
Content-Length: 0
44.270493 @:0 type=4 (00000000/0)
[VCBANDWIDTH_DETECTIONFAILURE]
[20]
34.300265 @SIP/Transport.c:121 type=4 (00000000/0)
[NOTIFY sip:[email protected] SIP/2.0
Via: SIP/2.0/UDP u0exte.0;branch=z9hG4bK70a248627cacf932
Max-Forwards: 70
To: "[email protected]" <sip:[email protected]>;tag=858256880
From: "u0" <sip:[email protected]>;tag=1453393108
Call-ID: bd31f650-98d6-11db-8acb-893bdc9a13c4@192-168-1-5
CSeq: 2 NOTIFY
Contact: <sip:[email protected]>;isfocus
Event: conference
Subscription-State: active;expires=3600
User-Agent: Viceroy 1.2
Content-Type: application/conference-info+xml
Content-Length: 205
Thank you for your help.

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