Date: Mon, 24 Aug 1998 05:51:23 -0700 From: The Man In Black <samz@oz.net> To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: ICQ/PPP alias/TCP-UDP question Message-ID: <199808241251.FAA10926@FreeBSD.Lan.Sam>
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I have searched the mail list archives and got some hints..but nothing has 100% solved my problem so wanted to address it here. I'm using PPP -alias on freebsd on my home LAN. I have a Windows98 box I'm using apps on. Every single app I've run thus far has worked beautifully with alias except ICQ I read about setting up ICQ with a firewall and use port redirecting on PPP..but I am not sure I have it setup right. Because I do not understand the difference between TCP and UDP and rather you need to set BOTH 1 or the other. Right now I have 20 ports set for ICQ using the following..10.0.0.2 being the LAN IP of my Win98 box... alias port tcp 10.0.0.2:3000 3000 .... alias port tcp 10.0.0.2:3020 3020 then finally.. alias port udp 10.0.0.2:4000 4000 ICQ says it uses UDP on port 4000 and TCP for listening ports. Do I have this setup right? Do I have to have both udp and tcp? I actually have tried it different ways and I still experience problems. Such as missed messages..file transfer working 50% of the time, and periodically bouncing off and online..and even sometimes I appear ONLINE on my end, my friends tell me I am offline. This is quite annoying when I have greatly become dependant on ICQ for friend contact and project contact with people. It seems in the ICQ documentation it really prefers a SOCKS server. I read someplace that you cant have a socks server and use -alias at the same time. Or can I? I can not get my own IP for the winbox..so I am stuck with sharing..so any advice help etc or just telling me that ICQ is flat out flaky and nothing I can do..will be appreciated. Thanks. Sam To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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