Date: Mon, 6 Sep 1999 16:46:05 +1000 (EST) From: dougy@gargoyle.apana.org.au To: shonson@planetquake.com, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: ICQ Message-ID: <199909060646.QAA19964@goblin.apana.org.au>
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Thanks for the info Steven My system uses "real" IP addesses so I don't have to run NAT, however that shouldn't make and difference to ICQ ..... and because of particular requirements here I use ppp -ddial but again that shouldn't cause problems >I use ICQ behind a FreeBSD gateway which is running NAT without any >problems what so ever, my gateway is just a freebsd 3.2 machine running ppp with the -alias switch, and both me and my sister use icq on different windows machines on the LAN at the same time with no problems. >My ICQ client is set to the "Im using a permenant Internet Connection >(LAN)" option and "I am not behind a Firewall of Proxy" is selected. >If you have any more questions or need help setting it up feel free to >contact me. Thanks ....... I've tried same settings as yours and the only response I get from ICQ is "unable to connect" . I've been told by someone who knows a lot more about this stuff than I do (and mailing list postings tend to confirm the idea ) that I need to run SOCKS on my BSD gateway box .... but maybe not if I put a CLI version on the BSD gateway box and use that when I need ICQ. I don't need anything real tricky ..... just the ability to send messages and maybe occasional chat would suffice >--------------------------------------- >Steven Honson >Internet Technologist & Consultant >Taroona High School, Australia >shonson@hubbub.ths.tased.edu.au > >At 03:21 PM 9/6/99 +1000, you wrote: >>Does anyone have experience with ICQ in either CLI mode FreeBSD, or in >>Windows LAN boxes accessing the internet through a BSD gateway. >> >>One of the guys here explained how the security stuff in BSD stops ICQ >working like it does in Windows and suggested I use SOCKS locally if I really >>need to get it running. Judging from the postings its a pain to get >working on LAN boxes, so I'm wondering if anyone has had any luck with >running a version of ICQ in BSD itself and could advise how to avoid >excessive problems getting it working >> >> >>To U To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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