Registered · Cross-platform

1646 RADIUS (legacy acct)

TCP No
UDP Unofficial
SCTP
DCCP

What it is

Pre-standard RADIUS accounting port.

When / why

Legacy; modern uses 1813.

Protocol status detail

TransportStatusMeaning
TCP No Not assigned, standardized, or widely used on this port.
UDP Unofficial Not assigned by IANA, but standardized, specified, or widely used on this port.
SCTP Not applicable for this transport.
DCCP Not applicable for this transport.

Port range

Registered (1024–49151). Assigned by IANA on request; usable without elevated privileges on most systems.

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Firewall rules for port 1646

Copy-ready inbound rules for the active transports. Replace every <source> placeholder with the specific host, subnet, or CIDR that should reach this port.

ufw

sudo ufw allow proto udp from <source> to any port 1646

Allow UDP 1646 (RADIUS (legacy acct)). Replace <source> with the network/host that should reach it.

firewalld

sudo firewall-cmd --permanent --add-rich-rule='rule family="ipv4" source address="<source>" port port="1646" protocol="udp" accept'

Allow UDP 1646 (RADIUS (legacy acct)) from <source>. Run 'firewall-cmd --reload' afterwards.

nftables

nft add rule inet filter input ip saddr <source> udp dport 1646 accept

Allow UDP 1646 (RADIUS (legacy acct)). Assumes table 'inet filter' with an 'input' chain.

iptables

sudo iptables -A INPUT -p udp -s <source> --dport 1646 -j ACCEPT

Allow UDP 1646 (RADIUS (legacy acct)). Persist with iptables-save/netfilter-persistent.

Azure NSG

az network nsg rule create -g <resource-group> --nsg-name <nsg> -n Allow-radiuslegacyacct-1646 --priority 1000 --access Allow --direction Inbound --protocol UDP --source-address-prefixes <source> --destination-port-ranges 1646

Inbound rule for 1646 (RADIUS (legacy acct)). Set <source> to a CIDR; lower priority number = higher precedence.

AWS Security Group

aws ec2 authorize-security-group-ingress --group-id <sg-id> --ip-permissions IpProtocol=udp,FromPort=1646,ToPort=1646,IpRanges="[{CidrIp=<source-cidr>}]"

Inbound UDP 1646 (RADIUS (legacy acct)). Replace <source-cidr> (e.g. 10.0.0.0/16).

GCP firewall

gcloud compute firewall-rules create allow-radiuslegacyacct-1646 --direction=INGRESS --action=ALLOW --rules=udp:1646 --source-ranges=<source-cidr> --network=<network>

Ingress rule for 1646 (RADIUS (legacy acct)). Scope with --source-ranges and optionally --target-tags.

Windows netsh

netsh advfirewall firewall add rule name="Allow RADIUS (legacy acct) 1646/UDP" dir=in action=allow protocol=UDP localport=1646 remoteip=<source>

Inbound UDP 1646 (RADIUS (legacy acct)). Set remoteip to a host/subnet; 'any' is discouraged.

Windows PowerShell

New-NetFirewallRule -DisplayName "Allow RADIUS (legacy acct) 1646/UDP" -Direction Inbound -Action Allow -Protocol UDP -LocalPort 1646 -RemoteAddress <source>

Inbound UDP 1646 (RADIUS (legacy acct)). Replace <source> with a host or subnet.

Rules are generated only for transports marked active for this port. They default to an inbound allow with an explicit source placeholder — never any. Review direction, scope, and rule precedence before applying in production.