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Jan 09, 2011, 04:22 PM
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Originally Posted by (JD)
I continue to work on getting back "normal" access to the chat room. I'll let you know if I find anything to further help me.
Here's something I found along the way, that may help you (I already had these settings.) For VISTA:
Try these instructions [you may want to print them]:
1: Open Network Connections by clicking the Start Orb, clicking Control Panel, clicking Network and Internet, clicking Network and Sharing Center, and then clicking Manage network connections.
2: Right-click the connection that you want to change [this would be your wireless network adapter], and then click Properties. Administrator permission required If you are prompted for an administrator password or confirmation, type the password or provide confirmation.
3: Click the Networking tab. Under This connection uses the following items, click Internet Protocol Version 4 (TCP/IPv4), and then click Properties.
4: Make sure that both the Obtain an IP address automatically and the Obtain DNS Server automatically options are enabled.
5: Click the Alternate Configuration tab and ensure that the Automatic private IP address option is enabled.
6: Click OK and Close. Whether you are asked to or not, reboot your computer. Once restarted, check to see if you have internet connectivity.
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FOR XP
Programs may require ports to be manually opened so that the programs work correctly when ICF is in use either on the local computer or on the gateway computer. You may have to manually open a port if there is a service that is running on a computer that has ICF enabled that you want to make available to users on the Internet.
Note The actual port settings vary from program to program.
To manually open a port, follow these steps:
1. Click Start, and then click My Network Places.
2. Under Network Tasks, click View Network Connections. (Or, right-click My Network Places on the desktop, and then click Properties.)
3. Right-click the connection that you use for the Internet, and then click Properties.
4. Click the Advanced tab, and then click Settings.
Note If the Settings button is unavailable, ICF is not enabled on this connection, and you do not have to open any ports (because they are all already open).
5. Click Add to open a new port.
6. In the Description box, type a friendly name. For example, type File Sharing : Port 8080.
7. In the Name or IP address of the computer hosting this service on your network box, type 127.0.0.1.
Note You can specify the IP address of an internal computer. But you typically will use 127.0.0.1.
8. In the External port and Internal port boxes, type the port number. Generally, this number is the same.
9. Click either TCP or UDP, and then click OK.
10. Repeat steps 1 through 9 for each port that you want to open.
Update (yes already!) I typed in the Start search window: netstat /? that gave me which command to type in after netstat to find whether the 8080 port is "listening" (mine is -a ) I use VISTA on this computer. Ok... typing the netstat command in the Start window brings up the (old black and white) dos command prompt window. It ran the whole computer through and for me, it did NOT show the 8080 port as "listening" so now I know that the port is being used by something else, which may be blocking the chat use here at PC. ( The command I typed in the black and white window at the cursor was this (without brackets) [ netstat -a ] I'm off to find out more!
Still another find: for those using Windows 2000,XP NT you can go here to download this (safe) program to view all active ports: http://download.cnet.com/Active-Port...html?tag=mncol
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wow. You're good JD. Thanks for the tutorial. I have vista and will give it a shot. I hope it works!
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