On Wed, Feb 06, 2002 at 07:02:25PM -0600, Matt Reinhart <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
wrote:
>>> I agree. I had this problem when sending messages to friends who were on a
>>> LAN with the same subnet of ip's. I'd suggest using a different subnet --
>>> 192.168.1.0, or the 10.x.x.x net.
>>
>> Hmm, sounds like a really desperate work-around to me that should never
>> be necessary.
>
> There is no way to not "work-around" this issue. Your computer thinks that it
> is on the same subnet as the other machine, then finally times out. Are you
> suggesting something that would make licq ignore another ip address on the
> same subnet (without going through a gateway)?
>
> This is just one place that NAT isn't useful.
The point is that the icq clients should never think you're on the same
subnet. If they do it's either a bug in those clients or in licq and
should be handled as such. Personally I would never change my network
topology for an instant messenger.
--
Tim van Erven <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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