Does the brick wall disappear at all? Even after waiting 15+ mins?

Have you tried connecting directly & not using wifi?

Turn off your OSX firewall during this time. It will only complicate things.

Possible other ports to try 1111, 3500, 4008, 1203, 10000, 15189, 80, 20282, 22817, 443, 427, 34599, 40475, 64049. (49152 - 65535)