minus-squareflacusbigotis@alien.topBtoHome Networking@selfhosted.forum•How to close a Port?linkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 year agoYou’ve blocked the port, but that does not prevent a process/program from binding to it. So, you have a program listening on the port, but it will never get any traffic because you have blocked that traffic from ever reaching it. linkfedilink
minus-squareflacusbigotis@alien.topBtoHome Networking@selfhosted.forum•Fixed AND Static IPs?linkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 year agoIf you assign a static IP in the device, then that device will NOT request an IP from the DHCP server. linkfedilink
You’ve blocked the port, but that does not prevent a process/program from binding to it.
So, you have a program listening on the port, but it will never get any traffic because you have blocked that traffic from ever reaching it.