I run an SMC Router in front of my cable modem. I originally decided to set a Client Filter to block AIM port 5190 between certain hours of the day so that my 15 year old goes to bed at a reasonable hour. :-) Recently though they figured out that if they establish an aim "direct connection" prior to the client filter start time they can stay connected. Well I've searched high and low with Google and have read many different suggestions about aim ports to block. 5190 by itself obviously isn't doing the trick. I've seen suggestions for blocking 4443 but according to the official list of port numbers at http://www.iana.org/assignments/port-numbers, 4443 isn't even used by aol? pharos 4443/tcp Pharos pharos 4443/udp Pharos Does anyone know what ALL of the legitimate ip ports are for AIM? Thanks in advance for the help. Mark

5190 is the remote port, so it will only be blocking outgoing traffic. Incoming traffic goes via local ports 1052,1034,1046 and 5180 depending on what facilities are being used. You might try blocking them. I cant check the ports used for direct connection at the moment because you need a buddy on-line to do that and all my buddies are in bed at the moment which is where I should really be. Stuart