How do I open port 1701 on my Mac?

I've got my Airport Extreme set properly, and "ipfw" is turned off/set to open. However, when I run the Port Scan with Network Utility from my Macbook on my local area network, neither port 500, 1701, or 4500 show up as open. Because I'm not seeing it from one mac to another on the local network, that leads me to conclude there is something on my Mac Pro, running OS X Server 2.2.1 and OS X Mountain Lion 10.8.4, that is keeping those ports closed. What could it be if not the ipfw firewall?
My hours of internet research have not otherwise turned up a way to affirmatively open a port in Mac OS X—only the ability to close a port using ipfw. Please help!

Reviewing relevant comments, my guess is this is one of those mysterious issues that requires a reinstallation of Mountain Lion. It appears that there is some ghost in the Server program and my Mac Pro that results in the VPN thinking it is working and ready to go when, in fact, it is not. This would not be the first ghost in OS X Server and/or my Mac Pro, as you can see if you review the questions I've asked on this board.
I don't know if I have it in me to risk something else going wrong with OS X Server after the reinstallation. Ironically, however, the only thing I can get it to do is run a Time Machine server for my one laptop . . . but I had such a hard time getting Open Directory up and working that I am reallly hesitant to start over–even though I don't use Open Directory for anything. Maybe someone could suggest a good third-party VPN service?

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