Comments on: iChat video conferencing fails with communication error in Leopard

By: Binder

Binder — Sat, 05 Dec 2009 12:27:21 +0000

After 3 days of pulling my hair out i found your article.
This worked for me! Thanks so much!!

By: VegaOrion

VegaOrion — Fri, 11 Sep 2009 12:32:05 +0000

I had it unchecked already. I can get the vid chat started but ichat randomly crashes through the convo. It’s extremely irritating! It probably crashes 4+ times in a half hour! Noone seems to know why. I have the crash log if someone wants to take a look.

By: deltacom

deltacom — Mon, 03 Aug 2009 17:01:07 +0000

Worked like a charm! I’d tried a number of adjustments–including port setting–without any change in the error behavior. When I opened Sharing preferences, I found the Internet Sharing box was, indeed, checked. Once I unchecked it, video conferencing performed flawlessly. Gracias!

By: John

John — Sat, 25 Jul 2009 06:48:35 +0000

Fixed the problem! Thanks! Haven’t used iChat in 2 months because of this problem.

By: Debbie

Debbie — Tue, 14 Jul 2009 10:09:42 +0000

Mine was already unchecked. It only seems to happen when chatting with certain people-so maybe it is their computer. Mine is a Macbook Pro purchased in November 2008.

By: meelash

meelash — Fri, 05 Jun 2009 18:48:42 +0000

maz177, what kind of computer do you have? If you don’t also have a camera, then she will have to choose to video chat with you and not the other way around.

By: Maz177

Maz177 — Sun, 31 May 2009 11:31:17 +0000

My daughter has bought a new imac leopard so we can video chat but her ichat only comes up with a phone sign. It says video conferencing is not set up. Any ideas how to set up the video???

By: Kelsey Downie

Kelsey Downie — Thu, 28 May 2009 16:45:35 +0000

I have had the “did not get response from” when trying to video chat with a friend who owns a PC. I have internet sharing off, but it still does not work. What else could I check?

By: Jason

Jason — Sat, 21 Feb 2009 05:31:20 +0000

My Macbook Pro is brand new and the internet sharing is not even checked. No help for me. I am pretty sure that it has to do with the router though, because it worked just fine when on another network.

By: aisha

aisha — Tue, 10 Feb 2009 08:47:35 +0000

you’re a life saver!! i was getting dizzy from reading about NAT and open ports and which ones to have open!

Thanks so so much
Aisha

By: willwood

willwood — Sun, 25 Jan 2009 15:27:26 +0000

Wow – thanks so much! Yeah this one is a real pain and loads of people miss it. But it worked for me and saved hours of playing with firewalls and router settings!

By: natalie

natalie — Sat, 15 Nov 2008 22:27:54 +0000

it works,
but not really a ‘fix’ for us who want to use internet sharing and vid ichat.

pain in the ass turning it on and off every time
iphone is sick of it
here’s hoping this gets fixed soon

By: Ant

Ant — Wed, 05 Nov 2008 03:16:53 +0000

Scott,

Looks like your problem is a bit more complicated than this common bug. Perhaps your issue is firewall related?

By: Scott

Scott — Tue, 04 Nov 2008 20:21:28 +0000

Doesn’t help -wasn’t checked in the first place.