How to open ports under Slackware 14.0

sxiang · 05-20-2013, 12:55 PM

Hi:
I am just wondering how do I open a port under Slackware 14. My computer is set up as the DMZ computer of the network so all ports are physically open from the router's end of things. The port in question is 1494. I used an open port check tool website and found that 1494 is closed. I issues the "iptables -I INPUT -- tcp -p 1494 -j ACCEPT" command and use the open port check tool website again and found that 1494 is still closed. So I must not be doing the right thing. Any insight is greatly appreciated. Thanks,

Alex

gilead · 05-20-2013, 06:28 PM

I didn't check your syntax for the iptables command so I'm assuming it ran without errors. Once iptables is allowing connections to the port, you need something running that is listening on the port - have you confirmed that your application is running properly?