Help with router

[co0lbean]

My router a linksys BEFSR41 DSL router, will not let me send files through aim, log on to x-win and log on to my friend's server(using FTP). Only these programs give me problems (didn't try irc yet)(connection to internet is ok)
AIM gives me a complaint about my firewall sercurity, which makes me suspect it's the router but i may be wrong.

Please help
I'm running on Win 2000 using dsl
routers setting using newest firmware:
computer is in port 1, don't have a static IP

DHCP enable /starting.100/ number of user 1
DMZ at .100

More info will be given upon request

Please help
Thank you

My rigs if it helps

(In X-win i tried using the proxy ip, and still didn't work)

individually the programs are giving me problems. (i'm not trying to run them all at once)
I use x-win access my files in my schools server. Dial-up does not give me problems with x-win, but dsl
All machines i'm trying to have access to are not connected through my router.
Not using a static IP, i'm obtaining a ip automatically. Router ip is usually(for linksys) 192.168.1.1

 

[mgpaulus]

I'm sorry, but your message is kind of confusing to me. Are you trying to accomplish one terribly confusing thing, or 2 slightly simpler tasks, both of which fail:
1: Send files through aim?
2: Send files through ftp?

Let's try to get a few details: What is the IP of your machine, your firewall/router, the xwin machine you are trying to log on to, and the ip of your friends ftp server. I'm not quite following where all these machines are located in relation to each other (physically).

 

[payjo]

Trying to send files through aim when both machines are behind a router is nearly impossible. Connecting via ftp behind a router isn't difficult at all.