>Only default instance of SQL Server uses port 1433. The named instances use dynamic ports by default. See http://support.microsoft.com/kb/823938 for detailed info.
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>>Different instances normally all use the default port 1433. For whatever reason, yours is not using the default. Opening those ports should work.

I hope dynamic doesn't mean it will keep changing on me with every restart. ( I do have to keep restarting this server with every update which bother me) Is there a way to set it to a static port value?
Tim