skype cannot login

[Rodolfo Pellegrino]

On Nov 28, 2007 2:29 PM, Laszlo Nagy <gandalf at shopzeus.com> wrote:

>
>  Hi All,
>
> My network configuration is a bit odd:
>
> Internet ------- SMC Hardware Router --------
> (192.168.1.0/225.255.255.0) ----------- FreeBSD Gateway -----------
> (192.168.0.0/255.255.255.0) ----------- Client computer
>
>
> - skype is running on the client computer.
> - The FreeBSD Gateway is a computer with two NIC cards, running natd,
> and named
> - The client computer is 6.3-PRERELEASE i386 using linux compatibility
> mode for skype
>
> I can access everything on the internet from the client. Here are some
> things that I tried:
>
> - ping
> - nslookup
> - smtp
> - imaps
> - www
>
> All the above work fine. However, when I try to login with skype, it
> tells me "Logging in failed". When I try to register a new user, it
> tells me "Register failed" with friendly red letters.
>
> Do you have any idea what is the problem with my configuration? It might
> be that skype cannot do NAT traversal through two NATs?
>
> BTW, the client computer uses NFS to mount /, but I hope this is not
> related to the problem.
>
> Thanks,
>
>   Laszlo
>
> Lazlo,

     I've found a similar problem, but in Skype there are a configuration in
"Tools" that tells Skype the port to use. Try port 80 as I did and worked.

Rodolfo Bojo Pellegrino