AIM direct connect behind a router

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June 22, 2003 at 11:34 am #6781

andrewjm
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What ports does aim use so i can forward them to my pc?

From what i see, it uses totally random ports, which doesn’t help at all….

Anyone know?

June 22, 2003 at 11:37 am #60979

Brian
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you might want to check this out: https://bigblueball.com/forums/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=3394

June 22, 2003 at 8:55 pm #60982

andrewjm
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thats stupid… who wants to be the DMZ??

thats the point of NAT, so you dont have a DMZ

June 22, 2003 at 9:09 pm #60983

CutieGirl653
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The two main ports are 5190 or 21. Both work. Have fun

June 22, 2003 at 9:33 pm #60980

David
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Are you sure it uses 21? That’s the default FTP port…

June 22, 2003 at 9:39 pm #60981

andrewjm
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There cant be just 2 ports, and port 21 is FTP, so its not that….. 5190 is the port YOU connect to aim with, but direct connects have their own ports… It HAS to be more than one port (port range) because if you have 10 direct connects open, they all cant share 1 port
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