"The host refused the connection" error all of the sudden???

I was working with an iMac G5 2GHz with 1.5GB RAM and OSX.4.6 with iChatAV 3.1.4. I use an AEBS for my network but the iMac is plugged directly into the AEBS. I use Verizon FIOS. My internet connection has been flawless.
After using Drive Genius 1.2 to repair, repair permissions, then rebuild my internal hard drive (booted from external FW HD and ran app from there) I have been getting recurrent and random iChat messages that "the host refused the connection" and tells me to try later. I have an AIM account logged in that was previously working fine. About 1.5 years of iChatting with the account and NEVER received this message. Now I get it several times a day if I try to shut down and restart the program.
Just used Migration Assistant last night to transfer iMac G5 to my new iMac Intel (which is insanely fast, BTW, and I really like that! . I'm continuing to get this message over and over. I can connect one second, disconnect and try again, then get the message of refusal to connect again!?!? I tried deleting the Users>UserName>Library>Prefs>com.apple.ichat.AIM pref but did nothing to help.
Any suggestions on why this is happening and how to fix it?

Hey Ralph,
Have you actually Quit iChat and restared it during
any of this ?
Yes, I have quit ichat and restarted a few times. When it tries to automatically log in, it doesn't. When I use the menu or Apple + L or change my online status to available, it works about 85% of the time.
Have you restarted the computer ?
Yes, I had to when my machine had gone into sleep mode. Wouldn't reconnect to AOL server until i did restart.
So as far as you are aware the Modem is not doing
Port Forwarding to an IP (Hopefully your computer )
on your LAN for the iChat ports ?
I'm not exactly sure of everything you have asked but as I haven't changed any settings on my Modem since it was installed in November, I'm fairly certain it isn't Port Forwarding...BUT I'm not sure what that means. In other words, I haven't changed anything but my own computer and that has just been updates and altering energy saver mode, other working etc. I thought it had to do with the Energy Saving mode because I turned that off temporarily while I was working on something and it's the most recent variable change I can think of. I had no software updates since 5-17 before this weekend and that was a Security Update.
Am I making sense?
I'm beginning to wonder if it's something with the AOL server....
8:39 PM Wednesday; June 7, 2006

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