port number are "by convention" as established in the rfcs. You can change the port number with a url <a href="http://my.foo.com:1234">http://my.foo.com:1234</a> where 1234 is the non-standard port.<br><br>Your firewall must allow outbound port 80 requests as well as established connection returns. Your system may send the connection request from your machines port 1234 to the web host's port 80. The web host will send back to your port. The firewall will track this if you allow established connections.<br>
<br><div class="gmail_quote">On Sun, May 30, 2010 at 1:06 PM, Terry Bailey <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:terry@bitlinx.com">terry@bitlinx.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); padding-left: 1ex;">
What determines the port number for the web client and what is the<br>
range for these numbers? So, in general, I suppose if web browsing<br>
is to be done, then this range must be open on the firewall for both<br>
incoming and outbound.<br>
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Thanks,<br>
<br>
Terry Bailey<br>
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