Clearwire - which ports? - Irish ISP Test - Broadband Forum

blacknight · #1 (**permalink**) 21st April 2006, 02:00 AM

Which ports are Clearwire blocking? Or would it be easier to ask which ones are they leaving open???

sounder · #2 (**permalink**) 22nd April 2006, 09:52 PM

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Which ports are Clearwire blocking? Or would it be easier to ask which ones are they leaving open???

$64000 Question M8. I would like to know the answer and the way to correct it, if possible

blacknight · #3 (**permalink**) 23rd April 2006, 11:40 AM

I know that you can get some of the ports opened if you ask them, but having a list would be useful

sounder · #4 (**permalink**) 1st May 2006, 09:03 PM

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I know that you can get some of the ports opened if you ask them

Would I be able to that manualy if I had a ports numbers.?

blacknight · #5 (**permalink**) 1st May 2006, 09:09 PM

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Originally Posted by sounder

Would I be able to that manualy if I had a ports numbers.?

No. You'll have to ask them to enable the ports for you

sounder · #6 (**permalink**) 1st May 2006, 09:20 PM

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No. You'll have to ask them to enable the ports for you

Thanks for the info,I just dont have an idea how these things work

blacknight · #7 (**permalink**) 1st May 2006, 10:13 PM

Basically, and this is very basic, if you want to access a website you would be accessing port 80 over TCP. If the website was running an SSL cert (such as for e-commerce) then you would need to access it on port 443.

Now in the case of a broadband provider they may opt to only allow their users to access the common ports for non-p2p traffic ie. web browsing and email.

You normally do not have to concern yourself with the technicalities of this unless you are trying to access a port that a firewall or other device or policy is blocking.

A list of commonly used ports:
http://www.iana.org/assignments/port-numbers

A lot of them are for things you would probably never use

mickomania · #8 (**permalink**) 2nd May 2006, 06:27 PM

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Originally Posted by sounder

Thanks for the info,I just dont have an idea how these things work

If your looking for the ports a particular online game uses, they are generally
listed in the manual you get with the game.

zinzan · #9 (**permalink**) 5th September 2006, 09:41 PM

I tried to get them to tell me what ports they have open as I'm having serious VoIP issues, but their tech support said:
"We don't know, we just have an enable VoIP ports button to select for your account"

Great so even they don't know what they are doing...

driving me crazy.