singularity2006
June 6th, 2006, 01:13 PM
The Setup
I am running four systems through a Netgear FWG114P router as my only firewall (no other software firewalls on the network). One system is hardwired to the router while another one is connected via a PowerLine network while the last two are connected through the 802.11g wifi band. All my systems are running Windows 2000SP4 with AVG AntiVirus (no other firewalls or spyware protection apps). All computers have manually assigned IP's with DHCP disabled across the network. So here is the issue:
The Problem with AIM
Although the FWG114P has a built in service for AIM's 5190 TCP port, when opening the inbound port for it, AIM itself still refuses to function when doing a direct connect or file transfer. Whenever I tried to get it to work, the router would simply drop my computer's connection to it preventing me from accessing the internet or even the router itself. However, upon opening a custom port separate from 5190, it began working just fine. But recently, I noticed that when trying to sending larger files, I would be blocked from my network (all internet activity stops, connections to the router is refused) as the file transfer reached 8MB or more.
Ideas?
I have been quite perplexed by this situation. I cannot figure out if this is a problem with my router, AIM itself, or perhaps a hardware issue. I replaced my ethernet cable with a new one but both have the same effect. I'm pretty sure the onboard ethernet could not have died yet as I have been able to do things over port http without too much trouble.
Random Disconnections
Another strange and perhaps related issue is as follows: When trying to access secure sites such as hotmail or yahoo mail, i found that I would often get the same issue where my internet access is disabled and access to the router is refused (although I am still able to ping the router just fine). The other people on my network have a very narrow use of the internet so generally have not run into anything I have run into mostly because they don't use AIM or hotmail or yahoo mail. However, this problem is on and off and not consistent.
So in the end, I do not know what is possibly wrong. Any suggestions?
I am running four systems through a Netgear FWG114P router as my only firewall (no other software firewalls on the network). One system is hardwired to the router while another one is connected via a PowerLine network while the last two are connected through the 802.11g wifi band. All my systems are running Windows 2000SP4 with AVG AntiVirus (no other firewalls or spyware protection apps). All computers have manually assigned IP's with DHCP disabled across the network. So here is the issue:
The Problem with AIM
Although the FWG114P has a built in service for AIM's 5190 TCP port, when opening the inbound port for it, AIM itself still refuses to function when doing a direct connect or file transfer. Whenever I tried to get it to work, the router would simply drop my computer's connection to it preventing me from accessing the internet or even the router itself. However, upon opening a custom port separate from 5190, it began working just fine. But recently, I noticed that when trying to sending larger files, I would be blocked from my network (all internet activity stops, connections to the router is refused) as the file transfer reached 8MB or more.
Ideas?
I have been quite perplexed by this situation. I cannot figure out if this is a problem with my router, AIM itself, or perhaps a hardware issue. I replaced my ethernet cable with a new one but both have the same effect. I'm pretty sure the onboard ethernet could not have died yet as I have been able to do things over port http without too much trouble.
Random Disconnections
Another strange and perhaps related issue is as follows: When trying to access secure sites such as hotmail or yahoo mail, i found that I would often get the same issue where my internet access is disabled and access to the router is refused (although I am still able to ping the router just fine). The other people on my network have a very narrow use of the internet so generally have not run into anything I have run into mostly because they don't use AIM or hotmail or yahoo mail. However, this problem is on and off and not consistent.
So in the end, I do not know what is possibly wrong. Any suggestions?