Which port s does XMPP use

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I  ve searched and didnt find which ports does XMPP uses  I need to implement XMPP server and client and use XML transfer  file transfer and streaming  Do they use different ports   Is there a way I can make them use all the same  so I dont need to bother the network admin  Thanks

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According to Extensible Messaging and Presence Protocol (Wikipedia), the standard TCP port for the server is 5222.

The client would presumably use the same ports as the messaging protocol, but can also use http (port 80) and https (port 443) for message delivery. These have the advantage of working for users behind firewalls, so your network admin should not need to get involved.

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The ports required will be different for your XMPP Server and any XMPP Clients   Most  modern  XMPP Servers follow the defined IANA Ports for Server-to-Server 5269 and for Client-to-Server 5222   Any additional ports depends on what features you enable on the Server  i e  if you offer BOSH then you may need to open port 80   File Transfer is highly dependent on both the Clients you use and the Server as to what port it will use  but most of them also negotiate the connect via your existing XMPP Client-to-Server link so the required port opening will be client side  or proxied via port 80

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The official ports  TCP 5222 and TCP 5269  are listed in RFC 6120   Contrary to the claims of a previous answer  XEP-0174 does not specify a port   Thus TCP 5298 might be customary for Link-Local XMPP  but is not official   You can use other ports than the reserved ones  though   You can make your DNS SRV record point to any machine and port you like   File transfers  XEP-0234  are these days handled using Jingle  XEP-0166    The same goes for RTP sessions  XEP-0167    They do not specify ports  though  since Jingle negotiates the creation of the data stream between the XMPP clients  but the actual data is then transferred by other means  e g  RTP  through that stream  i e  not usually through the XMPP server  even though in-band transfers are possible    Beware that Jingle is comprised of several XEPs  so make sure to have a look at the whole list of XMPP extensions

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According to Wikipedia    5222 TCP     XMPP client connection  RFC 6120         Official   5223 TCP     XMPP client connection over SSL          Unofficial 5269 TCP     XMPP server connection  RFC 6120         Official 5298 TCP UDP XMPP JEP-0174  Link-Local Messaging      Official              XEP-0174  Serverless Messaging 8010 TCP     XMPP File transfers                      Unofficial       The port numbers are defined in RFC 6120    14 7

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