Date: Sun, 21 Oct 2001 02:09:07 +0100 From: "Scott Taggart" <scott_t@ukug.uk.freebsd.org> To: "Kal Torak" <kaltorak@quake.com.au>, <freebsd-stable@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: ICQ with NAT problems Message-ID: <002701c159cc$fcb44e80$0200000a@intranet> References: <3BD21435.4060605@quake.com.au>
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ICQ works fine with me. I'm running normal ICQ on windows going through a natd gateway on my FreeBSD 4.4 machine to the internet, I experience no disconnections whatsoever No... file transfers don't seem to work through ICQ over nat but let's face it.... that isn't really a loss is it ;-) Rgds. Scott Taggart ----- Original Message ----- From: "Kal Torak" <kaltorak@quake.com.au> To: "FreeBSD Stable" <freebsd-stable@freebsd.org> Sent: Sunday, October 21, 2001 1:17 AM Subject: ICQ with NAT problems > Hi, > > I have noticed that icq wont work correctly through a nat > gateway (not just freebsd's nat)... There are two major > problems, you cant send or recive files, and you constantly > go offline/online about every 5 mins or so... > > I was able to solve the file sending problem by redirecting > a range of ports with nat and configuring icq to use them, > but the constant disconnecting I have not been able to fix... > > Looking through the archives of this list there are a few > posts on the subject but no real answers, it seems the only > way around it has been to use a socks proxy, which I really > dont want to do! > > Some people have said that icq uses udp between the server > and client, and because of the time between the packets the > socket has been removed form the nat table by the time the > next one is sent and it doesnt get through causing you to get > disconnected... I have seen something for linux called icq-masq > which is a kernel moduel that seems to fix these problems for > linux's ip masqurading... > > Anyway, has anyone solved this problem? or would perhaps be > interested in fixing it? Anyone have any ideas? > > Thanks! > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message
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