jpollar, how did you find out the ports that are available to you?
I'm in a similar position, but my technical knowledge is limited. I also tried listening on different ports with no results.
My administrators have definitely done a good job of blocking me out, but I refuse to give up, there must be a way around this.

What I'm doing in the mean while is connecting through dial-up (Juno) and doing my downloading that way. Is it possible once I have my searches done through dial-up to log back in with my T1 line and with my searches still up download?