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Posted by AMUN on 12/04/06 23:00
You should just be able to use any ports but there are no rules as each ISP
is different, and make sure to change firewall settings if needed.
As for ones to avoid if you are really worried , the default ones 6699 etc.
are most likely going to be ISP targets.
"jc" <jbclem1@charter.net> wrote in message
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> Does it make sense to change port assignments...are there ports that
> an ISP would be less likely to listen in on?
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> On 23 Nov 2006 11:51:54 -0800, "Jeff" <jv009wc02@sneakemail.com>
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>>robert casey wrote:
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>>> This might explain why I sometimes see the same user, maybe via
>>> different nap nets, try multiple times to download a file from me and
>>> never succeed. I'm just running WinMX without any extra programs
>>> (Leechhammer and so on).
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>>I have an uploader in my queue right now (which is empty - I have 2
>>slots open) who this is happening to. He is able to start his uploads,
>>but then less than a minute later, gets disconnected. He is probably
>>using the default ports, and his ISP iis blocking p2p traffic. He has
>>2860 shared files and 1 slot open, and had been online for 22 minutes.
>>I'll bet that whatever is disconnecting him probably works both ways -
>>downloaders would get disconnected as well.
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