On Thu, 12 Oct 2006, Cristobal Palmer wrote:
Sorry to post two different replies.
What protocol(s) do(es) the windows client your son uses
and the service he's trying to connect to speak? Ie. are
you sure you're using a client that can actually speak to
that service?
I don't think so, but this is one of the things I'll check.
He's gone to 3 IRC providers (Yahoo for which he's got the
client trillian), MSN and someother one to get accounts and
client software. Two have not worked so far. I assume he's
got the appropriate client for the server. The fact the two
in a row didn't work made me think that something else might
be going on.
which lead me to wonder about...
Do you have any interesting firewalling going on that
might be getting in the way?
I have a firewall that blocks any incoming connections, but
allows all connect requests from inside to get out. Do the
protocols require a hole in the firewall?
Joe
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