Port numbers are only 16 bits, so mongod
will fail to even start on that port (greater than 65535)
> mongod --port 65555 --dbpath .
Sat Mar 29 13:00:31.488 bad --port number
Sat Mar 29 13:00:31.488 dbexit:
Sat Mar 29 13:00:31.488 shutdown: going to close listening sockets...
If you really mean an allowed port that would just make the web port go above 65536, it will wrap around to 0 (which would mean 65535+1000 would wrap to 999, or your new sample port 65500 would wrap to 964);
Sat Mar 29 13:01:53.448 [initandlisten] waiting for connections on port 65500
Sat Mar 29 13:01:53.448 [websvr] ERROR: listen(): bind() failed errno:13
Permission denied for socket: 0.0.0.0:964