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December 9, 2003 at 3:57 pm #11645IceMember
Hi guys,
DC and file transfer between me and my gf. the follow details first. we are both using AIM version 5.2.3292. Im using XP pro with sp1, shes using Win2k. I have a 512k cable modem running behind Zone alarm pro.
Shes on a college network.the problem is simply this. I can select DC and she accepts it connects. If she selects DC and I click accept it just sits there and then we get a message saying we cant connect.
File transfer is similar. I can send her files but they are slow in going across.
when she tries to send me something, error again saying we cant connect. do I need to open the ports that are used? if so how do I do this?
any and all help would be greatly appreciated.:)December 9, 2003 at 11:19 pm #87578slackertildeathMemberIt’s possible that it has something to do with her college network,
Does this happen when you direct connect with other people? Does this happen to her when she direct connects with other people?December 10, 2003 at 12:33 am #87575IceMemberTo be honest I dont DC with others and normally dont transfer files alot. we can transfer between eachother on MSNMSGR 6 just fine. Before she moved to college we were able to do it. but since she moved into her dorm room I have updated to XP, I had ME before that. we both have the same versions of AIM. she does have Norton personal firewall but it isnt enabled.
December 10, 2003 at 2:25 am #87577slackertildeathMemberWell, it still might just be something to do with her college network if it didn’t happen prior to her going to college, so there might not be anything you can do about it.
The fact that you switched to XP shouldn’t be a problem seeing as you have the same version of AIM anyway.
DC working on MSNMSGR doesn’t really mean anything, because it connects on a different port then AIM.December 10, 2003 at 10:00 am #87574DJHyperbyteMemberQuote:quote:Originally posted by slackertildeathWell, it still might just be something to do with her college network if it didn’t happen prior to her going to college
Correction, it IS the network.
The technical story
Each network application that offers a service (be it a file, a webpage or just system information) uses it’s own ‘port’ on a computer. This port is used to allow other computers to establish a connection. The port number is unique to the service. This way the computer knows what program the data is for, if it recieves information from the internet.
For example, if you are running a webserver, it will use port 80 and web browsers will be able to reach the webserver through port 80. Same goes for e-mail servers (port 25) and everything else you can think of. This includes your Messenger clients.
When you are sending a file to your girlfriend, then your Messenger client will open up a port on your computer and then your girlfriend her Messenger client will try to connect to that port so it can start transferring the file. That’s all fine. Now the other way around.
Your girlfriend wants to send a file to you. Her Messenger client will attempt to open up a port for the file transfer, however, her network administrator does not allow it! Too bad, you’re out of luck… unless you’re using MSN Messenger.
The solution
When MSN Messenger cannot establish a connection from computer A to computer B, it will try the other way around. So, unless both of you are heavily firewalled (note: ZoneAlarm is far from heavy) you will be able to start a decent file transfer with MSN Messenger.
Another solution could be that you run an FTP server and that your girlfriend uploads her files to your computer that way. You can find more information about FTP on this website.
Hope this clears things up. My Cisco lessons finally paid off. 🙂
December 10, 2003 at 8:47 pm #87576IceMemberMSN connects for tranfers just fine though both ways. its AIM she can’t send to me on, but I can send to her. no biggie we don’t send stuff that often. she just hates using msn a lot. she preferes AIM.
December 10, 2003 at 11:43 pm #87573DJHyperbyteMemberQuote:quote:Originally posted by DJHyperbyteWhen MSN Messenger cannot establish a connection from computer A to computer B, it will try the other way around. So, unless both of you are heavily firewalled (note: ZoneAlarm is far from heavy) you will be able to start a decent file transfer with MSN Messenger.
Have you actually read my reply to you, Ice?
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