then leave the same "new " port but reintroduce the addnodes.
tell me how is it possible you connected to the same people with different port
please go to your client click on Help/Debug Window then click on the console tab..
then type in the getpeerinfo into the command box and hit enter..
now look at all your peers for the field "addr"
I am willing to wager 500,000 karma you will see quite clearly that each node is connected using port 9432
if you can change that port number, connect to peers on the Karma coin network with it and then prove it in a verifiable way how you did it.. then the 500,000 Karma is yours.
port 9432 is the port being used by the client it is the only port that matters when talking to peers...
whatever port settings you may or may not have incorrectly set are irrelevant.
PS you can also set the port number by using the "-port=nnnn" command line argument.
and before you decide to get more cheeky and write another post about how wrong I am.. I'll give you a little hint... look closely at the addnode commands you are entering into your config file.