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Originally Posted by Yeormom
Actually, you would still be able to connect to a server at port 5998 even if your router is forwarding incoming connections somewhere because you will be opening a socket at different port locally and transversing through NAT.
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That's not entirely true. Some routers will behave the way you describe, but that is generally newer, more advanced, routers. Older ones typically will not do a dynamic port forward if there is a predefined static definition.
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Originally Posted by Yeormom
The only firewall problems that affect the end user is blocking outgoing connections, which tends to occur on your desktop itself.
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This also is inaccurate. If the incoming ports are blocked, it will also prevent successful connections. And in most cases, the firewall will take precedence over port forwarding.
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