How to configure firewall to allow using a specific port

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Published on 2012-11-19T10:24:08Z Indexed on 2012/11/19 11:13 UTC
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I am trying to make tcp ip connection to a server xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx with port xxxx. But I am getting error message "10061 connection refused".

I think firewall on the server is stopping my program to access that port. How can I configure the firewall of server to allow my program to use that port.

I had asked this question on stackoverflow (http://stackoverflow.com/questions/13448429/socket-error-while-making-tcp-ip-connection-in-delphi) where I was suggested to ask it on super user.

Please provide me any solution....

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