Date: Thu, 14 Dec 2000 16:12:22 -0400 From: "Matt Rudderham" <matt@researcher.com> To: "Joel Bjork" <u98jobj@stud.hh.se>, "David" <davidd@datasphereweb.com> Cc: <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: RE: Problems with ICQ Through NAT Message-ID: <NDBBLEKOOLGIBFPGLFEKKEHACKAA.matt@researcher.com> In-Reply-To: <XFMail.001214100950.u98jobj@stud.hh.se>
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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 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
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