how to open port

hi
i have centos5.3 installed with iptables firewall, i want to open port 5222 as i want to access application which uses port 5222 from internet, i open port , but shill not shows port open 5222 i manage internet through squid server i also allow this port in squid acl but still not shown open pls find the iptables output
pls find the output of iptables -L -v

Chain INPUT (policy ACCEPT 16824 packets, 1413K bytes)
pkts bytes target prot opt in out source destination
23624 2301K LOG all -- eth0 any anywhere anywhere LOG level debug prefix `BANDWIDTH_IN:'
7357 975K ACCEPT tcp -- eth0 any anywhere anywhere state NEW,RELATED,ESTABLISHED tcp dpt:squid
0 0 ACCEPT tcp -- eth1 any anywhere anywhere tcp spt:squid state RELATED,ESTABLISHED
11612 14M ACCEPT tcp -- eth1 any anywhere anywhere state RELATED,ESTABLISHED tcp spt:http
0 0 ACCEPT tcp -- eth1 any anywhere anywhere tcp dpt:xmpp-client

Chain FORWARD (policy ACCEPT 2953 packets, 949K bytes)
pkts bytes target prot opt in out source destination
2953 949K LOG all -- any eth0 anywhere anywhere LOG level debug prefix `BANDWIDTH_OUT:'
2816 556K LOG all -- eth0 any anywhere anywhere LOG level debug prefix `BANDWIDTH_IN:'
2816 556K ACCEPT all -- eth0 any anywhere anywhere

Chain OUTPUT (policy ACCEPT 46818 packets, 50M bytes)
pkts bytes target prot opt in out source destination
46266 50M LOG all -- any eth0 anywhere anywhere LOG level debug prefix `BANDWIDTH_OUT:'
9699 1155K ACCEPT tcp -- any eth1 anywhere anywhere state NEW,RELATED,ESTABLISHED tcp dpt:http
0 0 ACCEPT tcp -- any eth0 anywhere anywhere state RELATED,ESTABLISHED tcp spt:htt

pls help

Regards
Amar

How did you open the port?

hi

iptables -I INPUT -p tcp --dport 5222 -j ACCEPT
service iptables save
service iptables restart

Regards
Amar

Can you post the file /etc/sysconfig/iptables between CODE tags. Code tags are added with the '#' in the tool bar above.