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Port 47808 BACnet

BACnet building automation (HVAC, lighting).

Protocol
UDP
Service
BACnet
Exposing to the internet
Do not expose

This is a UDP port: UDP reachability cannot be tested reliably with a simple connect; check firewall rules and packet counters.

Is it safe to open

Industrial and IoT protocols usually have no authentication at all. Keep them in an isolated network and reach them only through a VPN.

How to open port 47808

Open to everyone

# Linux iptables
iptables -A INPUT -p udp --dport 47808 -j ACCEPT
# Ubuntu ufw
ufw allow 47808/udp
# firewalld
firewall-cmd --permanent --add-port=47808/udp && firewall-cmd --reload
# MikroTik
/ip firewall filter add chain=input protocol=udp dst-port=47808 action=accept place-before=0 comment="port 47808"
# Windows (PowerShell)
New-NetFirewallRule -DisplayName "Port 47808 UDP" -Direction Inbound -Protocol UDP -LocalPort 47808 -Action Allow

Only for your addresses

# allow only one address or network (replace 203.0.113.0/24)
iptables -A INPUT -p udp --dport 47808 -s 203.0.113.0/24 -j ACCEPT
iptables -A INPUT -p udp --dport 47808 -j DROP
ufw allow from 203.0.113.0/24 to any port 47808 proto udp
/ip firewall filter add chain=input protocol=udp dst-port=47808 src-address=203.0.113.0/24 action=accept
/ip firewall filter add chain=input protocol=udp dst-port=47808 action=drop

If the server is behind a router, you also need a port forward (dst-nat). Behind ISP CGNAT (100.64.0.0/10 on the WAN) forwarding will not help: you need a public IP or a VPN.

What is listening

Check on the server

# what listens on the port
ss -lntup | grep ':47808 '
netstat -ano | findstr :47808   # Windows
lsof -i :47808   # macOS

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