Date: Thu, 14 Dec 2000 10:09:50 +0100 (CET) From: Joel Bjork <u98jobj@stud.hh.se> To: David <davidd@datasphereweb.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG, Matt Rudderham <matt@researcher.com> Subject: Re: Problems with ICQ Through NAT Message-ID: <XFMail.001214100950.u98jobj@stud.hh.se> In-Reply-To: <20001213135421.A1202@datasphereweb.com>
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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 ---------------------------------- E-Mail: Joel Bjork <u98jobj@stud.hh.se> Date: 14-Dec-00 Time: 10:09:50 ---------------------------------- To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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