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Allow *iChat* to work through Apple's Firewall
Authored by: nicksay on Apr 09, '03 11:54:01AM

The above posters are correct in saying that this is really an iChat issue, not an inherent Rendezvous one. Apple has posted a few KnowledgeBase Documents about this issue, and I quote from one :

Symptoms 2 and 3 are caused when the Mac OS X Firewall, found in the Sharing preference pane, blocks the port used for local iChat traffic (5298). Firewall blocks this port in its default configuration. Follow these steps to open port 5298:
  1. Open System Preferences.
  2. Click Sharing.
  3. Click the Firewall tab.
  4. Click Stop.
  5. Click the New button.
  6. Choose Other from the Port Name pop-up menu.
  7. In the Port Number field, type: 5298
  8. In the Description field, type: Rendezvous
  9. Click OK.
  10. Click Start.

Note that the port number is 5298.



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