AIM for linux

[Charles Malespin]

> I do file transfers in gaim to AIM contacts fairly frequently. If you
> have control over your router (or are directly connected with an IP
> address), just open up a port or 2 and forward them to your machine,
> then go into the gaim preferences and set these options in the Network
> area:
> 
> 1) Uncheck autodetect IP address and set it to your public IP address
> (find this out at http://www.whatismyip.org/ )
> 2) Manually specify the port range to be the ports that you are
> forwarding to your machine from your router.
> 


I am using firestarter and as far as I can tell I only have 2 ports open
for gaim..  Can I just put one of them in the Gaim pref. section and
enter my IP address and Im done?  I dont know how to forward ports or
anything like that, so any more info would be useful.  Thanks.