The server is on the same subnet, so I would think that any firewall rule blocking this port would also block it on the desktops?
The following comes up in the debug window: (08:13:31) account: Connecting to account test. (08:13:31) connection: Connecting. gc = 04DFD798 (08:13:31) bonjour: Attempting to bind IPv6 socket to port 5298. (08:13:31) bonjour: Bound IPv6 socket to port 5298. (08:13:31) bonjour: Attempting to bind IPv4 socket to port 5298. (08:13:31) bonjour: Bound IPv4 socket to port 5298. (08:13:31) bonjour: Registering presence on port 5298 (08:13:31) bonjour: service advertisement - callback. When attempting to send a message from pidgin on my desktop to the pidgin on the server I get these message: (08:15:57) bonjour: Received incoming connection from 10.0.0.162. (08:15:57) bonjour: We don't like invisible buddies, this is not a superheroes comic I saw this page indicating it could be a conflict with IPv6: https://developer.pidgin.im/ticket/4187 But I have IPv6 disabled on my machine. -------------------------------------------- On Wed, 11/12/14, Kevin Stange <ke...@simguy.net> wrote: Subject: Re: Pidgin on Windows Server To: "Brian Henson" <henson.bri...@yahoo.com>, support@pidgin.im Date: Wednesday, November 12, 2014, 10:15 PM Please make sure you reply back to the mailing list when you reply so that other people can participate in the conversation. On 11/12/2014 11:15 PM, Brian Henson wrote: > You are correct, we are using bonjour. > > The server's firewall is disabled, everything on the network goes through a hardware firewall so the windows firewall is unnecessary. Does the hardware firewall filter any traffic? Is your server in the same subnet as the other computers? I am not sure of ports offhand, but I know that Bonjour uses UDP on at least port 5353 with multicast addresses. If Pidgin can't open ports on the server or if the firewall (hardware or software) blocks the traffic, it won't work. It might be worth checking the Debug window (Help > Debug Window) to check for messages related to Bonjour problems. I also haven't tried to use Bonjour on a Windows Server before. Last time I tried using it was under Windows XP. I would have to defer to someone else to give more advanced troubleshooting for Windows. Kevin _______________________________________________ Support@pidgin.im mailing list Want to unsubscribe? Use this link: https://pidgin.im/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/support