From owner-freebsd-questions Thu Dec 14 12:17:54 2000 From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Dec 14 12:17:51 2000 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from matt.MUNICH.v-net.org (u57n248.hfx.eastlink.ca [24.222.57.248]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0FCC137B400 for ; Thu, 14 Dec 2000 12:17:44 -0800 (PST) Received: from unisys (Windozzze [192.168.8.2]) by matt.MUNICH.v-net.org (8.9.3/8.9.3) with SMTP id QAA35660; Thu, 14 Dec 2000 16:17:08 -0400 (AST) (envelope-from matt@researcher.com) From: "Matt Rudderham" To: "Joel Bjork" , "David" Cc: Subject: RE: Problems with ICQ Through NAT Date: Thu, 14 Dec 2000 16:12:22 -0400 Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 (Normal) X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook IMO, Build 9.0.2416 (9.0.2910.0) X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.50.4133.2400 In-Reply-To: Importance: Normal Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG > On 13-Dec-00 David wrote: > > On Wed, Dec 13, 2000 at 04:40:51PM -0400, Matt Rudderham wrote: > >> Hi, > >> I've been having trouble using ICQ on Windows Clients going through my > >> FreeBSD 4.0-Release box running natd / ipfw. I've done a search of the > >> archives, one suggestion was adding some redirect ports 5000-5031, > >> that > >> being done, it didn't make a difference. The problem only seems to > >> occur > >> when communicating with other users who are behind a firewall. I'm > >> thinking > >> maybe a proxy would fix the problem. I've never set one up before, > >> could > >> anyone recommend one? I've heard lots about Squid. Of course if anyone > >> can > >> offer a solution that doesn't involve a proxy I'd be quite happy:) > > I have ICQ working and have the following 2 rules in my ruleset for > > ipfw: > ># Allow ICQ Server Packets > > add allow tcp from any 5190 to any via tl0 > > > ># Allow ICQ Client-to-Client communications > > add allow tcp from any 1024-65535 to any 1024-65535 in recv tl0 > > > > I would also suggest installing /usr/ports/net/socks5. > > > Yes, socks5 is the way to go, I tried the portforwarding thing but I > could never get it to work properly. Another plus is that you probably > have a few other applications that will work better with socks5. The > manpages doesn't help much so I used this page to set it up: > > http://dcfonline.sfu.ca/ying/linux/socks5/index.html > > socks5.conf goes in /usr/local/etc/ if you put it there you can start the > proxy with: > > #socks5 -t I followed the tutorial, and all went well, however the client on the inside still can't seem to make a direct connection to other firewalled users. Do you have any other suggestions? - Matt To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message