Ichat won't work on macbook networked to Imac G5's airport

My daughter's macbook's ichat will not connect since networked through my iMac G5's built-in airport (not airport express - no router). Otherwise the internet connection is working for the macbook - ichat just won't connect. Does anyone have any input? is there some setting change on either computer I need to check?

This sounds like it may be an IP address issue. iChat does not like multiple connections from the same IP... and I'd imagine, if you're sharing your G5's internet connection, both machines are going out with the same IP address. If you download the standalone version of AIM (or other chat client), I believe it should work. I've only had this issue with iChat.

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On Sun, 29 Apr 2007 22:17:46 +0000 (UTC), "n8sb"
<[email protected]> wrote:
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