Historical Document

These pages have sat here since 2008 with no update. In that time the AIM servers have been closed down (2017) and iChat has been superseded by Messages. That effectively make this a sort of Historical Document of how it worked.

I will make attempts to renew and refresh Links to either the most current site or use the Way Back Machine Archive so that people can at least look at what was used. I will make Edit Notes on this and on those where I can find no link to replace the older one as I go through the document.

iChat Internet Ports

iChat In Pictures >> You are in Folder 6_iChat Ports >> Page: Index

Ports on a Mac (Firewall)

These are the Pictures for the Mac's Firewall for iChat 2 and 3 as iChat 1 does not need the A/V ports and Leopard for iChat 4 has a different Firewall. Includes a picture of the table of Ports
Click on a picture to enlarge. There an Navigation buttons to scroll through all the Pictures in this section.

1 iChat Ports Firewall Sharing	2 iChat Ports Firewall Services tab	3 iChat Ports Firewall Select TAB
4 iChat Ports Firewall NeworEdit	5 iChat Ports Firewall Add Ports	Table of Ports

These are the Pictures for the Mac's Firewall for iChat 2 and 3 as iChat 1 does not need the A/V ports and Leopard for iChat 4 has a different Firewall. Includes a Picture of a table of the ports.
Click on a picture to enlarge. There an Navigation buttons to scroll through all the Pictures in this section.

Essentially this series takes you through the bit of System Preferences > Sharing > Firewwall Tab - use the Add or Edit Button and add the ports. I will deal with the differences between the Tiger (10.4.x) Firewall and the Jaguar (10.3.x) one on the relevant Picture page.

Next:- Firewall Location

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Updated September 2006
Updated October 2008. Reviewed and Updated to HTML 5 October 2024

Information Block

This site is about iChat from Version 1 through to iChat 5.x.x
Mostly this is kept as an Historical Document. Some small tense changes have been made but the content is by and large untouched.

It has a mixture of basic info and problem solving help.

The sections below will change for Specifics about info on the page on view

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About This Page

This series of Pictures is about the Mac firewall for iChat 2 and 3. (OS 10.2.5+, 10.3.x and 10.4.x)

iChat (version 1) does not have the need for A/V ports and iChat 4 in Leopard has a different type of Firewall

The series leads through Location of the Firewall, it's Selection and Adding the ports

Compatibility

Much of this page has been altered to be as HTML 5 compatible as possible. This may cause issues with any of the Browser below.

I have tested in Safari 18.1, Firefox 130.x and 131.0, Vivaldi 6.9.3447.48 and iCab 6.2.3 (All Mac Browsers) I don't have access to a PC let alone multiple browsers to test on.

Previously confirmed to work with Win/IE 5.5 and later (should work in 5.0, but not confirmed), Firefox 2, Safari 3, Opera 9, iCab 3.02 and later, Mac/IE 5, Netscape 6 and later

Old browsers (IE version 4 or earlier, Netscape 4 or earlier) may only see a text-based page which, while not the prettiest option, is still entirely usable.