Posted by bs101 on 01/20/07 00:24

Here's a link to a forum that deals with WiMX specifically. A lot of
useful info including which ports work well, and which ISP's sniff and
block.

http://www.winmxworld.com/forum2/

On Jan 19, 2:01 am, c...@nosuchdomain.eu (Chris) wrote:
> On 18 Jan 2007 09:08:56 -0800 nycram <gvellen...@gmail.com> wrote:
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> > *From:* "nycram" <gvellen...@gmail.com>
> > *Date:* 18 Jan 2007 09:08:56 -0800
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> > Chris wrote:
> > > On Wed, 17 Jan 2007 21:25:40 GMT AlmostBob
> > > <anonymo...@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:
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> > > > '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
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> > > > then your pc connects its outgoing port to 'their' incoming port,
> > > > and
> > > > 'your' incoming port to their outgoing port
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> > > 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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> > No. Your ISP can't block their ports---else the whole internet would
> > come crashing down because pretty soon nobody could connect to anybody
> > else. But they can block your ports. If they block your 6699, and you
> > go to 12345 (a bad choice BTW) you can receive other people's messages
> > on YOUR chosen port (12345) and they can receive your messages on their
> > chosen port (no change from before).Ok, I understand now. Thanks for the explanations.
> (oh, and I would not actually use port 12345 :-) )- Hide quoted text -- Show quoted text -

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