Help With VNC Ports

Hello everyone. I have a PowerPC G4 Mac Mini with Mac OS X 10.4 Tiger. I have turned off the Apple Firewall and I do not have a router. I connect to the internet using a DSL Modem. OK, I am trying to set up a VNC Server Using OSXvnc. Well, I know i need port 5900 to be open, and there is nothing blocking this port from opening. I checked on www.grc.com to see if port 5900 was open, but it said the port was "Stealthed". Does anyone know how I can open port 5900? Thanks in advance for all of your help.

Could you try opening a Terminal window and typing the following command:
sudo ipfw list
(you'll be prompted for your password; you have to be an Administrator of your computer)
If your firewall is completely turned off, it should print a line like:
65535 4660828 3870352285 allow ip from any to any
If it's not completely off, you'll get a whole bunch of lines as output, some saying "deny ip" instead of "allow ip". That would be my best guess as to what's happening.
Also, I assume you haven't installed any third-party (non-Apple) firewall programs? A few do exist...
If the firewall is off, have you tried connecting via VNC, just to see if it actually does work?

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Help with firewall port opening

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Hello, I have a Toshiba Satellite L655D-S5159RD. When I bought my laptop a few months ago it came with 3 USB ports and basically ever since I got it, the two USB ports on the right side have not worked properly. For example I can plug something that requires power like a fan and it works but things that work perfectly on other comuters like a wireless mouse or external hard drive just do not get recognized by my laptop. Any help on this would be appreciated.

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https://discussions.apple.com/docs/DOC-3415
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https://discussions.apple.com/docs/DOC-3415
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Please help me creating a new listener with different port#.

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sb92075 wrote:
marist89 wrote:
sybrand_b wrote:
The listener is a broker only and doesn't play any role in normal communications.
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http://support.apple.com/kb/TS3581
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I hope my posting in the right section.
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