docs: Revert peer port to 51235 (#5299)

Reverts the [port_peer] back to the legacy port 51235 rather than to the default port 2459, to avoid potentially inconveniencing existing operators.
XRPLF · Feb 19, 2025 · 844646d · 844646d
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diff --git a/cfg/rippled-example.cfg b/cfg/rippled-example.cfg
@@ -1425,7 +1425,10 @@ admin = 127.0.0.1
 protocol = http
 
 [port_peer]
-port = 2459
+# Many servers still use the legacy port of 51235, so for backward-compatibility
+# we maintain that port number here. However, for new servers we recommend
+# changing this to the default port of 2459.
+port = 51235
 ip = 0.0.0.0
 # alternatively, to accept connections on IPv4 + IPv6, use:
 #ip = ::