Re: [bitfolk] Port 10000 is closed

Thanks for pointing out my mistake!  I've tested now using udp and hey!
it works!

Now I can make some progress.


On 10/02/2021 12:56 pm, Alarig Le Lay wrote:
> Hi,
>
> On Wed 10 Feb 2021 12:50:41 GMT, Ian Bowden wrote:
>> I'm planning to install software on my VPS, which requires incoming UDP
>> on port 10000.
>>
>> My iptables is set to allow incoming udp on that port, but it remains
>> closed to the outside world.
>>
>> I've set up a simple listener on port 10000, then tested using a web
>> service for port checking, and I've tested using telnet from two other
>> locations.
>>
>> "Unable to connect to remote host: Connection time out", says telnet.
>>
>> Have I omitted to do something I should have done?
>>
>> Ian.
>>
> Telnet does TCP connections. For UDP you have to use nc/netcat in simple
> UDP mode on the client side and in listening UDP mode on the server
> side, type some text and see if you can read it on the server side.
>