connecting to AIM

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I have trouble connecting to AOL Instant Messenger. Everything else will work, browsing the internet, playing online games, etc. I'm pretty sure it is a problem with my router or my connection to my router because if I hook the internet directly to my computer, it works fine. It also won't hold a connection very long sometimes. So if I do get connected and come back a couple hours later, it will have been signed off.

When I click 'Sign On', it will go through the Connect and Verify steps, but when it gets to Starting Services, it will just sit there for a while and go back to login. Sometimes if I unplug and plug back in my router it will work, but this is annoying when I have downloads and such going on in the backround, and the fact that other people in my house are using the internet.

I have reinstalled AIM several times and have upgraded the firmware in my router several times. Anyone have any idea what's going on? I have cable, win xp, and a Wireless Linksys Broadband Router (BEFW11S4).

[Tazzin]

Use Trillian

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I would rather continue to use AIM, but thank you. And don't tell me about why its better or any other instant messenger. I am trying to fix AIM, not replace it.

are you using the latest aim?

5.5. some random number.

try this, open up aim press f3 which should bring up the preferences. go to sign on/off

click connections and click autoconfigure.

see if you get the happy face.

btw i think trillian sucks

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The auto configure worked! Many thanks to you.

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Ok, so it only worked once. Now it does not.