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What ports are opened by the device firewall?
What ports are opened by the device firewall?
Updated over a week ago

Warning: This information is only for encoders running version 8.5 and above.

Encoders running version 8.5 and above will always run with a firewall enabled.

By default:

  • Unless listed in the table below, the firewall blocks all INCOMING and OUTGOING traffic.

  • Any cellular connection is always limited to the ports required to connect to the network and then connect to EdgeVis Server, and never has any open listening port.

You have the option to enable a Strict mode on the firewall that disables more ports on the secondary services on your encoder.

Table of open firewall ports

Note: Entries coloured in red below signify which services will be blocked if you enable Strict mode - regardless of your encoder's functional configuration.


​Description

Rule & Port

LAN Default

LAN Strict

Wi-Fi Default

Wi-Fi Strict

4G

Server comms
Proprietary communication protocol used with EdgeVis Server.

Out
9300 UDP

Y

Y

Y

Y

Y

DHCP Client
Obtain an address from the network.

Out
67/68 UDP

Y

Y

Y

Y

Y

DNS Client
Look up a domain name address.

Out
53 UDP/TCP

Y

Y

Y

Y

Y

ONVIF + RTSP Client
Receive video from a camera.

In
80, 554 TCP

Y

Y

N

N

N

ONVIF Discovery
Find an ONVIF device on the network.

Both
3702 UDP

Y

Y

N

N

N

Local Web Server (#)
Unencrypted HTTP which redirects to the encrypted port.

In

80 TCP

Y

Y

Y

Y

N

Local Web Server (#)
Encrypted HTTPS web service.

In
443 TCP

Y

Y

Y

Y

N

Local Viewer Discovery
Lets EdgeVis Local Viewer discover the encoder device.

In
55399 UDP

Y

N

Y

N

N

Ping Server
Responds to a ping.

In
ICMP

Y

N

Y

N

N

NTP Server (*)
Reports time to devices on the network.

In
123 UDP

Y

N

Y

N

N

RTSP Server (*)
Describe and serve video to the network using TCP.

In
554 TCP

Y

N

Y

N

N

RTSP Server (*)
Serve video to the network using UDP.

Out
6970-7029 UDP

Y

N

Y

N

N

DHCP Server

Allocates addresses to devices attached to the Wi-Fi network.

In
67/68 UDP

N

N

Y

Y

N

DNS Server

Serves up one address to the Wi-Fi network.

In
53 UDP

N

N

Y

Y

N

Ping Client

Pings a device on the network. Used to test ONVIF camera.

In
ICMP

Y

Y

Y

Y

N

SFTP Server (*)

A server that allows video clips to be downloaded.

In

22 TCP

Y

N

Y

N

N

FTP Client (*)
Pushes a clip to an FTP server.

Out
21 TCP

Y

N

Y

N

N

Local HTTP Proxy

HTTP proxy allowing user to connect to camera web pages via the encoder web.

In

48560-48575 TCP

Y

N

N

N

N

(#) - The web server can be disabled and these ports will be blocked.

(*) - These services are disabled by default. It is not possible to use these services on different ports, so all external services must use the default port setting.

Y = Available.

N = Blocked.

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