Comments on: iChat Can’t Connect? Getting the Dreaded “User Has Declined Your Invitation” or Error -8? Here’s Why!

By: Bill

Bill — Mon, 08 Dec 2008 19:23:24 +0000

Guys (and Gals) if I understand correctly, DON’T blame Apple, AIM/AOL, or the router manufacturers. The problem is in the network infrastructure itself, i.e. the way the network connections are being administered and implemented. When the infrastructure changes at your office, service provider, or colleagues’ offices, certain kinds of messages may fail to get through. If the Internet all the way from your desk to your friends’ desks were a wide open message system that allowed all traffic from any source, things would always “just work.”
Unfortunately vandals and crooks of various kinds have ensured that this model for the Internet is no longer viable - thus a variety of complicated security fences lie along the way. You have to make sure the various roadblocks are opened just enough to allow the desirable traffic through - which is getting increasingly complicated!
Good luck

By: Dino

Dino — Wed, 12 Mar 2008 11:46:30 +0000

Sounds to me like Apple need to work on IChat so everyone can use it. If both people use Airport Extreme & it still doesn’t work, than there needs to be a firmware update. Another person suggests the Lynksys Router solved his problem. Another person says it did not solve HIS problem. All the stuff I’ve read & tried in the last week have not helped one bit, I can IChat Video with only 2 people so far. All others, I get “Communication Error”. It has to get simpler than this. Again, I Port assigned on my Modem & Router as well as disabled Firewalls on Modem , Router & Mac Mini (Leopard).

By: Stacy

Stacy — Mon, 21 Jan 2008 19:54:22 +0000

This stuff is beyond me. I can accept video chats from someone (AIM/ichat) but cannot initiate them. We get the “disallowed” error, even if they accepted my request. We are both using airport extreme. My firewall is set to allow specific, and ichat and ichat agent is selected. Please help! I’m going out of my mind.

By: jenna

jenna — Mon, 20 Aug 2007 05:42:01 +0000

is there a solution?

By: loloudoudara

loloudoudara — Wed, 06 Jun 2007 19:37:20 +0000

Same problem here… can initiate an audio chat from trillian to ichat without problems…. but can’t initiate it the other way, ichat to trillian…

By: Victoria

Victoria — Sun, 29 Apr 2007 22:13:35 +0000

I have a Linksys WRT54G router- I enabled NAT filtering and still got an error -8. What’s the protocol to making this work? Thinking of just using Skype.. thanks for your help.

By: Lexi

Lexi — Mon, 19 Feb 2007 08:22:26 +0000

wow.. I don’t hav ethe energy to put my brain cells to work to really comprehend everything you described and… I’ll trust you about the SIP/NAT dealie and hope ur not just promoting the linksy router (I USE AN ARPORT..How doe sthat fit in?) Ur expereience is every simolar to mine and others so…. Sounds like AIM screwed apple? US? Whats the advantage? CAN Apple do anything to resolev it?? Thanks Lexi

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By: leon

leon — Tue, 02 Jan 2007 18:26:02 +0000

Yes that’s well and good but is there a solution??

“Iâ€™ve started using Skype for my audio chats.” - what are you doing for video chat?