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If you are running Norton's firewall or another one you bought or downloaded, usually when you install new software that attempts to connect to the net it will ask you if you want to block or allow on all ports, so you don't actually monkey around with the specific ports, just giving permission for that application in general on all ports. If you are running behind an ISP firewall, then you would have to contact them for intructions on how to do so. Since you are just allowing that specific application, i.e. pacific poker, to access these ports, there should be no security side-effects from other dangers. You do not mention your system's configuration, and if you are still running 98/ME on an older system that could have something to do with your problems. But I would see no problem in implementing what they have suggested, since you have to allow a site to access your ports to play anyway.