What Ports Do Computer Packets Like to Use?

every software in your computer is usually programmed to send its packets through a specific port. These port choices are often established as programming standards in the computer industry. Accordingly, your router needs to be commanded to allow packets through these ports, lest you slow down the speed at which they transfer to/from your computer:

• HTML pages: port 80
• FTP file transferring: port 21
• World of Warcraft: port 3724
• POP3 email: port 110
• MSN Messenger: port 6901 and ports 6891-6900
• Everquest: port 1024
• Bit Torrents: port 6881