Posted by Chris on 01/18/07 12:02

On Wed, 17 Jan 2007 21:25:40 GMT AlmostBob
<anonymous1@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:

> 'You' decide what numbers you use, and your pc tells the network that
> those ports are available
> 'They' decide what numbers they use, and their pc likewise
>
> then your pc connects its outgoing port to 'their' incoming port, and
> 'your' incoming port to their outgoing port

Ok.
So, assume you have selected (say) port 12345, but they are using the
default 6699. If your ISP blocks port 6699 will this still block a
connection from you to them?

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