Posted by Chris on 01/17/07 16:32

>
> I worried about that too, when I first changed ports.
>
> But the worry comes from a misunderstanding about how things work. Your
> outgoing traffic and incoming traffic both use these ports, so anybody
> else's WinMx that wants to talk to you already knows your port. You
> publish your ports when you connect or refresh your connection. Your
> primary (or your primary peers if you're a primary) keep track and
> others get your ports from them.

Sorry, maybe don't fully understand.
If THEY want to talk to YOU the system will use your port numbers???

What about when YOU want to talk to THEM? Does that then use THEIR port
numbers ???

If not, who/what decides whose port numbers are used for uploading or
downloading. Yours or theirs?

Just trying to understand how it works.... :-)

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