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How to open a port (50000)?

Posted on October 12, 2014

Hello, i’m new here, and i’d like some help please :p I want to open a port because one of my progams (Vuze) needs it. Would you help me with it or show me a link to a tutorial please?



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thanks you both for your answers, they helped me a lot! I downloaded vuze again, and it solved the problem :) thanks a lot. Just have to figure out how to use it now X)

All ports should be open by default. If you can’t access port 50000, please post the output of sudo iptables -L -n -v and sudo netstat -plutn

root@vPs:~# sudo iptables -L -n -v Chain INPUT (policy ACCEPT 36 packets, 3104 bytes) pkts bytes target prot opt in out source destination

Chain FORWARD (policy ACCEPT 0 packets, 0 bytes) pkts bytes target prot opt in out source destination

Chain OUTPUT (policy ACCEPT 28 packets, 3376 bytes) pkts bytes target prot opt in out source destination

root@vPs:~# sudo netstat -plutn Active Internet connections (only servers) Proto Recv-Q Send-Q Local Address Foreign Address State PID/Program name tcp 0 0 0.0.0.0:22 0.0.0.0:* LISTEN 873/sshd tcp6 0 0 :::22 :::* LISTEN 873/sshd

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