* An ongoing debate between Daryl Stout and Jeff Smith rages on ...

 DS>   In using a utility from portforward.com, it shows the port is open
 DS> in the router...but canyouseeme.org can't see it (the request times
 DS> out). So, I'm guessing they are blocking the port.
 DS>   I can poll other systems just fine with IREX, but they can't connect
 DS> to me...and that's the rub.

Then iRex is not binding the port properly. Are you running iRex in -daemon
mode? double check the BinkP config as well :)

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