Ichat wont connect in audio chat

Question

I posted a topic earlier on this and someone sent me a link. And I followed its directions and I opened all of the ports it said to open, but I still can't audio chat with another apple user (and he can audio chat people, just not with me). I've even turned off my firewall and it still doesn't work. SO, I'm VERY frustrated, it should not be this hard to do something so simple. What can I do? Does this possibly have to do with my wireless router and do I have to change something with that? PLEASE Help, this is seriously driving me insane. PLEASE HELP! THANK YOU!!!

Answer 1

Hi Kellen,
I have a Netgear WGR614 v6. and the following minor tweaks work for me:
1. Open the Netgear SmartWizard router manager in your browser
2. In the Advanced menu select 'Port Forwarding/Port Triggering'
3. Select service type by clicking on the 'Port Forwarding' button
4. In the 'Service Name' pull down menu select: AIM
The following should already be entered in the table: Service #1: Service Name: AIM, Start Port: 5190, End Port: 5190, Server IP Address: Your Server IP Address: e.g. 192.168.1.2
Click on the 'Add Custom Service' button and input the following:
5. Service #2: Service Name: ichat 1, Start Port: 5060, End Port: 5060, Server IP Address: Your Server IP Address: e.g. 192.168.1.2
6. Service #3: Service Name: ichat 2, Start Port:16384, End Port: 16403, Server IP Address: Your Server IP Address: e.g. 192.168.1.2
7. Service #4: Service Name: ichat 3, Start Port:5678, End Port: 5678, Server IP Address: Your Server IP Address: e.g. 192.168.1.2
B.T.W. Do you have a PC on the same network as the Mac, and does this problem occur when the Mac awakes from 'sleep' ?
Or all the time?
Hope this helps,
Ed