Router dropping AIM connection

i picKed a winna

i picKed a winna

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I just bought a Netgear wireless b MR814v3 router and it works fine besides the fact that it drops my aol instant messenger connection a lot on my wired computer. It only seems to do it when I am not active on AIM and have my away message on or something. i havent experienced it on my wireless laptop a lot. I think maybe once. I thought it was a firewall problem so i disabled windows xp firewall but it still did it. then i change the port from 5190 to 80 because i read that the http port (80) is always open for traffic. i am lost on a solution. :confused: it only loses the AIM connection and not the LAN connection.
 
I don't think the problem has to do with your network, I think it has to do with AIM. If this was a problem with your network, the network connection would be dropped when the AIM connection dropped.
 
i forgot to mention the connection to the lan stays on and shows ive been on for like two hours..aim disconnects then connects back right away. i had router before this, a netgear, and i never had any problems with it but i realize this is a totally different thing. im stumped. it hasnt disconnected today because i was active the whole time i was on so hopefully ill figure this out sooner or later
 
i have the same problem, only my internet connection goes slow, then speeds up. i have comcast, and am also very confused why it does this.
 
im postive its the router and i think i have tracked it down to a port problem because when i enable the computer to be a DMZ server i dont get the disconnects. im still looking into a solution.
 
plowexvii said:
i have the same problem, only my internet connection goes slow, then speeds up. i have comcast, and am also very confused why it does this.
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Do you have a wired network or a wireless network?

i picKed a winna said:
im postive its the router and i think i have tracked it down to a port problem because when i enable the computer to be a DMZ server i dont get the disconnects. im still looking into a solution.
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I don't know much about AIM ports, because I don't use AIM, but on this site it says that you need to open ports 5190 through 5193.
http://www.techsupportforum.com/archive/index.php/t-6563.html
 
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hmm, for me, it happens on my wireless laptop and my wired computer..i think i have solved the problem because it hasnt kicked me off in a while. when i did port forwarding before i was doing it to the router address (192.168.0.1 and i tried on my computer IP (192.168.0.2). this time i forwarded it to the modem IP that is actually on the internet. ill post up if i find anything else happens. oh and yes i saw that thing for ports 5190-5193 so i opened up 4000-5200 to cover them all because i read 4443 or something needs to be opened for direct IM connections. so hopefully i found the solution :cool: thank you :)



EDIT: its back to its old tricks because i am an idiot and forgot to uncheck the DMZ server option so i thought it was working but its not..still working on a solution :mad:
 
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