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AIM file transfer with win98 ICS
Name: Brad Date: September 19, 2002 at 04:42:30 Pacific OS: Win98 & WinXP CPU/Ram: Celeron 800 & AthlonXP 14
Comment:
I networked my friends' two computers this weekend so they could share their cable modem connection. The PC connected to the cable modem is running Win98. I have it running win98 ICS and connected the other computer to a 2nd NIC with a crossover cable. Everything seems fine except that now they can not establish a connection to do file transfers over AIM (gives them firewall as a reason) on the computer hooked up with the crossover cable (running XP). Anyone have any advice? Thanks
Name: yoshimi Date: September 19, 2002 at 09:09:13 Pacific
Reply:
buy a cable/dsl router and save yourself the headache.
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Response Number 2
Name: mike Date: September 19, 2002 at 10:52:35 Pacific
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once again yoshimi has NO clue so he shouldn't bother answering.
Brad - did you cahnge the GW?
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Response Number 3
Name: Brad Date: September 19, 2002 at 14:40:11 Pacific
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Hey Mike... By GW I assume you mean gateway? The gateway is set to the win98 machine. She can browse web sites, check email, and sign onto AIM on the XP machine - she just can't make connections for file transfers over AIM. I assume its a port issue but I don't know much about that.
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Response Number 4
Name: mike Date: September 20, 2002 at 10:16:34 Pacific
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by default the lan connection on XP will be "firewalled", try turning it off (in advanced properties I think)
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Response Number 5
Name: Brad Date: September 20, 2002 at 10:57:23 Pacific
Reply:
Just asked them - they have already checked that and it was NOT turned on. Any other suggestions? Thanks
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