In my messages App, AIM is logged in fine but Google Chat won't connect.

In my Messages app, for the Google chat it just keeps attempting to connect and then times out before repeating the process over and over.
If I go to my actual Gmail tab in my broswer, it logs in to Google Chat just fine, so I know it's possible to connect.
This problem only happens when I travel (I'm a comedian). I have no issues on my home network, but I've seen this when connecting in some hotels, airports, and coffee shops (not all).
Any idea why I can't connect to Google Chat in Messages, but can in my browser?
Thanks for your help!
Josh Sneed

HI,
A Browser Login to Google is going to using port 443 to manage the secure bit about the Login process.
For much of the lifetime of iChat the regular posters in the iChat Forums were recommending changing to port 443 for AIM Logins and in iChat 6  it did actually become the default Login port.
Jabber Logins (and GoogleTalk is a Jabber server) happen on either port 5222 when they don't use SSL and port 5223 when they do.
Google do so the default port is 5223.
In a router the first 1024 ports are open (Allows Web Browsing, mostly port 80, Mail (loads of different ports but 25, 110 m 567, 589, 995 and some common ones) FTP on port 21 and 22, to name some).
Obviously port 5223 is above the 1024 threshold
This can mean in some places this port will not be open.
In some cases you will be able to convince the Hotel or Cafe to open the required ports
At home you have probably got UPnP set to Enabled in your router.  (This allows the apps to "tell" the router which ports to open.)
However whilst travelling you may want to log in to GoogleTalk on port 443  (GoogleTalk will accept this)
You have to Disable (Untick the "Enable this account" box) the account to be able to change the port.
It still works with SSL.
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