Constantly getting disconnected from ICQ

[duragezic]

For the past couple of weeks, I can't stay connected to ICQ for more than a couple of minutes. I have to reconnect every couple of messages if I'm talking to someone. My brother who is 3 hours away on a different computer, different router, etc etc has the same problem. We are both using Miranda, which has always worked fine before.


So I went and downloaded Gaim 2 beta today, and as usual that piece of crap software doesn't show all of my contacts that are online. I closed Miranda which had about 9 people online and open Gaim yet only about 5 of those are online. This is exactly what happened last year with a diff version of Gaim on the university's linux computer. Plus there is so much garbage it takes up way too much room and you can't hide things.


Anyone using ICQ via Miranda and having disconnect issues? I've tried Trillian before and found that to be too much as well. I really like the simple interface of Miranda if only I could stay connected!

 

[skace]

Are those users set to invisible? The only part of the GAIM UI that can't be hidden is that new status window but it really isn't that big.

 

[duragezic]

I don't think so. In Miranda they appear normally as away or whatnot. Dont think I can tell if they are invisible but I doubt all those people really are.

I guess I didn't play enough with GAIM to hide away some of the UI, and even if I couldn't I'd use it still if all my peeps would actually show up! Very odd that highly different GAIM versions, different computer, and different network gives the same problem.

 

[duragezic]

Trillian has the same problems as GAIM. I had a lot of people online via Miranda yet loaded Trillian and got GAIM-like numbers of online contacts. GD!


I'm thinking its this piece of crap Netgear MR814v2 router. THe firmware has been upgraded to the newest since the original firmware was crap as well and tho it kept me connected, it wouldn't allow multiple connections to the same Source server. So I think the router has to go, and Miranda can stay.