I wonder if there's a bit of confusion about terminology here which
doesn't come across well in the wiki?  The wiki entry (at least on my
reading) is only talking about "port forwarding".

I have never had port forwarding (i.e. opening up a port in my router
to the internet) for those ports to make Slimserver work on my internal
network (using Belkin and Netgear routers).  

I do have an exception for those ports in my firewall (have used a
variety such as Zone Alarm, AVG and Windows Firewall), so that if my SB
sends something internally to those ports the firewall knows to let it
through on my internal network.

As you say, it must be something about your particular set up, but my
understanding is as the wiki - i.e. you will normally need to make an
exception for those ports in any firewall which operates on your
internal network, but don't need to open those ports up to the outside
world on your router.


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