IChat won't startup - the return

As a follow on to http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?threadID=238079
iChat 3 won't startup for me. I've tried reinstalling as suggested in the previous thread but to no avail ... it looks like a UPnP problem with the Netgear wireless router. Could this be a bug?
Jamie:~$
/Applications/iChat.app/Contents/MacOS/iChat -errorLogLevel 7
124324.030761 Loading hardware rules from hardwarerulesH264-G4.plist
124324.032215 Checking H264 hardware rules
124324.032712 Satisfied rule #4 (30:160x120)
124324.033669 setLocalUserName: Negin [email protected]
124324.069157 ### NEW STATE: to: VC_INIT, from: VC_INVALID
124324.071375 ### NEW STATE: to: VC_IDLE, from: VC_INIT
124324.071971 ++++++++ confStatusMapRemoveAll
124324.072307 ( ) -- mapUserIDToSecurityInfo cleared --
124324.072993 UPnP init passed
124324.073584 NATTraversal created
124324.074410 Bandwidth based on QT prefs = 384
124324.085422 BWD: cache: '[192.168.0.2:255.255.255.0]' != '[10.0.1.4:255.255.255.0]'
124324.086026 BWD: Launching thread to determine focus capability based on bandwidth.
124324.089045 BWD: Using QuickTime value: 384000
124324.089597 BWD bandwidth: 384 kbits up, 384 kbits down.
124324.089880 videoNetworkCapable: 1 -- 3 max participants.
124324.090062 audioNetworkCapable: 1 -- 9 max participants.
124324.090310 vcCapabilities returns: 0x0000001f
124324.090548 VCCapAudio
124324.090715 VCCapVideo
124324.090869 VCCapMultiAudio
124324.091014 VCCapMultiVideo
124324.091158 VCCapMultiAudioHost
124324.612033 BWD Configuration Data: bwdstart://snatmap.mac.com:16384
bwdcount:20
(16384/20)
124324.612774 Connect to bwd server:16395/20 from configuration file.
124324.615922 BWD_GetBandwidth: SendRequest (from :16396)
124324.788044 BWD_GetBandwidth: GotResponse
124324.891887 UPnP Router Info:
- manufacturer [Netgear]
- friendly name [Netgear DG834 Router]
- model name [ADSL Firewall Router]
- model desc [Netgear DG834 Router]
124324.894389 UPnP: Begin TCPProc
Broken pipe
Jamie:~$

I also had a problem starting up iChat 3.1 after installing OS X 10.4.3. Basically, I had the iChat icon in the dock and on the desktop and when I would click on the icon, the program would not even start. I went and spoke to someone at the local Apple store and did the following:
1. Deleted all iChat preference files from the system libary. Macintosh HS > Library > Preferences > search for and delete all ichat preference files.
2. Downloaded, installed and ran free utility called Onyx for OS X that cleans up cache, etc.
http://www.macupdate.com/info.php/id/11582
3. Restarted machine
4. Removed iChat icons from both the dock and from desktop and instead started iChat from Finder window under Applications.
iChat now works fine. Not sure following all of these steps did it or just #4. Having Onyx as a utility is worth it anyway.
Hope this helps.
Rob

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