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Historical Document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 In that time the AIM servers have been closed down (2017) and iChat has been superseded by Messages. That effectively make this a sort of Historical Document of how it worked.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: New or Edit button

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4 iChat Ports Firewall-New or Edit

02-10-2006

Maybe a bit busy this Picture but read through these Instructions as well. More arrows to follow. You may need first to Unlock the screen with the Padlock (Bottom Left) and an admin Password. The first arrow to follow is the red one to scroll the list down to read iChat. You may only have iChat Bonjour for iChat 3 or iChat Rendezvous for iChat 2. (It is there in this Pic, Unchecked as there is an iChat AV made now - you will not need to have both active).

Notes: The iChat Bonjour (Rendezvous) is a Preset in the list and can not be changed as you will find out if you use the Edit Button. It only lists two of the three ports needed as well as this other port is allowed anyway as part of the system wide Bonjour settings that are not even listed.

My Firewall is Off (left of the end of the red Arrow) in this picture and these ports only really need to be set if the Firewall is ON.

If you have an iChat setting that you created earlier, use the Edit Button after highlighting the entry as shown by the blue highlight.

If there is no entry use the New button.

Next:- Adding Ports

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© 2005 Ralph Johns: Edited 24/9/2005, 5/5/2006
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Mostly this is kept as an Historical Document.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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A bit of an over busy picture but basically follow the red arrow to Scroll the list as iChat Bonjour (Rendezvous) is lower down and so will any thing you add for specific applications as we will be doing for iChat.

The follow the Green arrows to use the New or Edit button depending on your needs at this stage.

You do not need the iChat Bonjour (Rendezvous) and any iChat AV setting active at the same time.

Notes: Bonjour (Rendezvous) is Apple's way of allowing Macs on the same LAN (Network) to "find" each other. By default it is On (it is set in Directory Access in Applications/Utilities) and as it is designed to work in the background there are no settings for it here in the firewall. This "Self Discovery" of other Macs on your LAN means that port 5353 is already open. You will have to check your Modem or router if this is allowed to the Internet side.

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.