Need to disable Smart firewall in order to use Nortel VPN client

I posted on this matter a while ago but I am unable to update the existing thread (see below) 
 
http://community.norton.com/norton/board/message?board.id=nis_feedback&view=by_date_ascending&message.id=32681#M32681
 
At the time I posted that the only way I can use Nortel VPN client is to disable some of the firewal features:

Smart Firewall->Advanced Settings and disabling the following:

Block all Network traffic = unblocked

Stealth Blocked Ports = Off

Stateful Protocol Filter = Off 
 
One of the friendly chaps on here yogesh mohan suggested opening some ports etc (as detailed in the original thread). I finally got round to trying his suggestions but it still does not work unless I turn the above Stealth and Statefull stuff off.
I did the ports that yogesh suggested (both local and remote ) and I also tried port 500 - but it made no difference.
 
Can yogesh or anyone suggest anything else - or am I safe to continue working with the above Stealth and Stateful stuff turned off?? 
 
Thanks!