Registered · Cross-platform

18080 Monero P2P

TCP Unofficial
UDP No
SCTP
DCCP

What it is

Monero node peer network.

When / why

Cryptocurrency node peering.

Protocol status detail

TransportStatusMeaning
TCP Unofficial Not assigned by IANA, but standardized, specified, or widely used on this port.
UDP No Not assigned, standardized, 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 18080

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 tcp from <source> to any port 18080

Allow TCP 18080 (Monero P2P). 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="18080" protocol="tcp" accept'

Allow TCP 18080 (Monero P2P) from <source>. Run 'firewall-cmd --reload' afterwards.

nftables

nft add rule inet filter input ip saddr <source> tcp dport 18080 accept

Allow TCP 18080 (Monero P2P). Assumes table 'inet filter' with an 'input' chain.

iptables

sudo iptables -A INPUT -p tcp -s <source> --dport 18080 -j ACCEPT

Allow TCP 18080 (Monero P2P). Persist with iptables-save/netfilter-persistent.

Azure NSG

az network nsg rule create -g <resource-group> --nsg-name <nsg> -n Allow-monerop2p-18080 --priority 1000 --access Allow --direction Inbound --protocol TCP --source-address-prefixes <source> --destination-port-ranges 18080

Inbound rule for 18080 (Monero P2P). 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=tcp,FromPort=18080,ToPort=18080,IpRanges="[{CidrIp=<source-cidr>}]"

Inbound TCP 18080 (Monero P2P). Replace <source-cidr> (e.g. 10.0.0.0/16).

GCP firewall

gcloud compute firewall-rules create allow-monerop2p-18080 --direction=INGRESS --action=ALLOW --rules=tcp:18080 --source-ranges=<source-cidr> --network=<network>

Ingress rule for 18080 (Monero P2P). Scope with --source-ranges and optionally --target-tags.

Windows netsh

netsh advfirewall firewall add rule name="Allow Monero P2P 18080/TCP" dir=in action=allow protocol=TCP localport=18080 remoteip=<source>

Inbound TCP 18080 (Monero P2P). Set remoteip to a host/subnet; 'any' is discouraged.

Windows PowerShell

New-NetFirewallRule -DisplayName "Allow Monero P2P 18080/TCP" -Direction Inbound -Action Allow -Protocol TCP -LocalPort 18080 -RemoteAddress <source>

Inbound TCP 18080 (Monero P2P). 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.