Hi All
Hope someone can help. iMessage is causing problems for iPhone users in our schools due to the fact the urls, IPs and ports are all hidden behind the messaging front end of iOS 5. Can anyone tell me which urls/IP addresses/ports I need to get opened through my corporate firewalls and proxy servers in order that iMessage can work for these users?
Thanks
Jon.
iPhone 4, iOS 5
I'm not sure if this will help as I'm still waiting for these ports to be opened, but I was advised to open ports:
5190
5900
3286
587
993
3478-3497
5223
Some ports have been open (the last 4) and messages sent in iMessage don't seem to hang any more and I don't get a "failed to deliver" error so something must have worked in opening those ports. The problem seems to be retrieving the message - however I did send a message to an iPhone 4 which was connected via 3G and it still hasn't received the message.
Hope this helps. I will keep you posted.
Nick
We are having the same problem cannot seem to find any information on what ports Find My iPhone uses either. Would be nice of Apple to update article: TS1629 with this information they updated this document on the 18th of October as well. Very frustrating!!!
Thanks Nick. It's odd but it seems to have just started working through our corporate network without me getting anything changed! Perhaps someone was also initiating the solution or maybe WebSense has been updated to unblock it? Anyway, good work. 😎
Yes, I was sent the same link. I'm guessing it may use the same as Face Time (I hope not though, as messaging is one thing but all that streaming video is quite another).
Opening these ports worked for iMessage - only issue I have now is that I can't send pictures but this isn't an issue for me.
Hope this helps.
Nick
Glad everything worked out for you! 🙂
What ports and url/ip does iMessage use? Corporate firewall and proxy need opening.
