Aol IM File Transfer Problems

[weazel]

I have recently got a netgear router rt314 i got everything set up and working great. i got my ftp working and everything that i need for file sharing and all that. But for some reason i can get aol instant messanger to send files out or recieve any files over the internet to friends and family. i have pissed with it for a couple of days now changing ports from 21 to 80 and even to odd ball ones . What the hell do i have to do. Someone out there had to run into this problem too!

Please help me with this if you can thanks

your friendly Weazel

 

[Tbird94sc]

are the people you are sending to behind a router too? i have the same prob if i try to send thru a router on my end to my friend thru his router.
always works if only one of us is using a router. and it dosnt matter if its netgear linksys smc, ive found that as long as two routers are involved it wont go

sorry i dont have a better answer but ive been tinkering with it on and off for 2 years

try email!

 

[dijital]

note: dont try transferring large files over aim. they lag the hell out of my system sometimes causing aim to freeze.

 

[weazel]

Yes! Everyone i know has a router now and they are all running into this same thing? The only way i found so far to transfer files thats works ok is to send them through msn messanger. dont know why that one works but aol dont ?

 

[Grinder714]

But using MS messanger, have to tell it to use HTTP proxy, port 80.....and it works great.

I tried same thing with IM and it didnt work.....

So whatever the problem is seems to be exclusive to IM....


-Grinder

 

[Grinder714]

Originally posted by dijital
note: dont try transferring large files over aim. they lag the hell out of my system sometimes causing aim to freeze.

For Large files...like .bin/.cue ect...ftp is the way to go


But for sending pics to someone or small programs/files, IM is da shit.

Thats why It is going to aggrevate me till I/We figure this out.....

-Grinder

 

[dijital]

Originally posted by Grinder714



For Large files...like .bin/.cue ect...ftp is the way to go


But for sending pics to someone or small programs/files, IM is da shit.

Thats why It is going to aggrevate me till I/We figure this out.....

-Grinder

i know i'm just sharing my past experiences. personally, i dont use ftps because i dont want them on all the time. i just send larger files either through irc or icq.

 

[weazel]

were are all the aim people at ?why haven,t they fixed it yet?
aim is just like useing an ftp and i can get the ftp to work! i dont understand why aim doesn't work using port 21 or web port 80 should go right through