I just upgraded to a G5 after running a 7500 for 9 years. I guess it was time.

Panther is way different than Sys 9.xx, but I am learning.

I downloaded "Echomac" software for Echolink to try it out. My firewall is giving me trouble.

When I open ports 5198-5200 in the firewall, normal internet activities do not work.

I am not using the OSX firewall, but the firewall that is within an Asante Freindlynet Cable/DSL Router...FR3000 Series.

I am probably doing something wrong. Any Ideas?

Well, since this is a PC vs MAC thread, I have to say that at work I use XP Pro and it seems to work pretty well. There are many improvements over the last version I used. (I think it was NT) I can get around in Windows somewhat, but many things are confusing.

So far, I still like my MAC Sys 9.xx, but that may be because I understand it better.  When I get up to speed on Panther, I may like it better. So far, there are many cool things about it, but we shall see.