What Port Does AIM Use?

[ShotgunSteven]

I need to send a file to a friend, but they need to know what port to open in their hardware firewall.

 

[Haircut]

Mine is using port 5190, check in the preferences menu and it should tell you in there

 

[habib89]

5190 is what my trillian uses

 

[ShotgunSteven]

Cool. Tried it, but no go. Have to find some other way to transmit it. Thanks for the help.

 

[LiQiCE]

5190 is the port that your AIM client connects to the AOL server. For File Transfers and Direct Connects you are acting as the "server" and there is a separate option to specify the port in AIM. If you goto My AIM -> Edit Options -> Edit Preference, then click on the heading for "File Sharing" or "File Transfer", you should find an option for Port number to use. The port number is usually not defined and is probably picked at random normally. However, if you define one, you or your friend should be able to open up that port and connect to it.

 

[NikPreviousAcct]

Originally posted by: LiQiCE
5190 is the port that your AIM client connects to the AOL server. For File Transfers and Direct Connects you are acting as the "server" and there is a separate option to specify the port in AIM. If you goto My AIM -> Edit Options -> Edit Preference, then click on the heading for "File Sharing" or "File Transfer", you should find an option for Port number to use. The port number is usually not defined and is probably picked at random normally. However, if you define one, you or your friend should be able to open up that port and connect to it.

How do I change the port in Trillian?