AIM help

[400exrider400ex]

Everytime i try to directly connect with somebody it says something about not being able to directly connect and i dont know why...anybody know anything about this. This is what the message is:
______ has not responded; no connection was made. (Your 'Internet Connection Firewall' may be on. If you and your buddy are each behind a different firewall, then the connection will not work.)

[crap-banshee32]

its bc u or the person u are connecting with has a firewall....

[hondafox440]

Do you as well as the other person have a router?

[MOFO]

I've also seen this error if two people are using two different versions of AIM.

[400exrider400ex]

neither of us have a router...how do u change the firewall to allow people to connect??

[ReconRider25]

alot of times it happens when you have an old version of aim. try upgradin aim.

[400exrider400ex]

damn there isnt anything else u can do cuz i dont wanna upgrade cuz than i cant use AIM+.

[cool 300ex]

damn there isnt anything else u can do cuz i dont wanna upgrade cuz than i cant use AIM+.

Whats so great about aim+? You might want to go into prefs and look theres something in there abotu firwalls you can mess with but i never did mess with it befor. Also what does a router have to do with it? I rember when i had dail up for sopme reson the direct connect wouldn't work then once i got cable internet it did.

[400exrider400ex]

AIM+ is good cuz u can go and a bunch of differant screennames at once

[yamablaster24]

the new aim u can link sn's and just go to preferances then go to something with direct message or instant messaging and you can adjust the firewall, if u got common sense u can figure it out

[coryatver]

You can do that with the new aim too.

[400exrider400ex]

you can do what with the new AIM go on more than one screen name at a time???