Hi all, ATTENTION: This is not a "final" fix, David's working hard on the logic/code/methods to get something done, but this is how I managed to fix my push notifications for now. This works for the following error: "Connection Refused (2196)." What I think is going on here is indeed ports blocked by hosts. Outgoing ports are being blocked, although YES it's unusual for MOST hosts to block outgoing ports (like David said), they do block "uncommon" outgoing ports. This is considered uncommon for what it seems most shared hosts. For those who tried to unblock 2196, you were on a great start. The problem is that Apple has a few ports tied into 2196 for Push Notifications that need to be unblocked. They all tie together from what I can tell. You need to unblock them all for the connection to go through. GET YOUR PUSH NOTIFICATIONS WORKING: For APNs (Apple Push Notifications) traffic to get through, ask your host to confirm opening these following ports: 1. TCP port 5223 (used by devices to communicate to the APNs servers) 2. TCP port 2195 (used to send notifications to the APNs) 3. TCP port 2196 (used by the APNs feedback service) 4. TCP Port 443 (something mobile related I believe) The minute my host (HostGator.com) opened these ports, my push notifications were sent successfully and the dreaded connection refused error disappeared without a trace! I've already opened these ports for my clients on buzztouchmods.com, and my personal servers, it's confirmed multiple times to work, no fluke. Please do so and get back to me with results here, happy pushing! David https://buzztouchmods.com

Thanks David My push is working well now !! Cheers

@MrDavid Thank you so much. Today I spent 3hrs on the phone with GoDaddy and then switched hosters to GatorHost, whom unlocked the ports in 9min. Push Works! Jake

Glad you got it going, Jake! :) Cheers! -- Smug

@Jake I preach how amazing hostgator is, super cool you got it working and it was no problem at all! Cheers, David https://buzztouchmods.com

@MrDavid, Are you having any problems with: Download Plugins from your buzztouch.com Control Panel? Jake

@MrDavid Thanks, I'm HostGator too, so it's nice to know they'll get it done quickly. cheers

MrDavid, you rock! Such a great explanation.

Do I need both incoming and outgoing? I'm on simple web hosting and hostgator told me that to do such a thing I need to upgrade to vps… Can I send push just with incoming or just outgoing, or I need both?

Do I need to get the static IP plan (Business Plan) from Host Gator? Or the Hatchling Plan with dynamic IP will work also?

@daku7, I believe you only need the "Hatchling". Jake

Is the transfer easy from GoDaddy to HostGator?

If you backup all of your files and database, it should be pretty easy. Jake