Registered · Cross-platform

2222 EtherNet/IP / alt-SSH / DirectAdmin

TCP Yes
UDP Unofficial
SCTP
DCCP

What it is

EtherNet/IP implicit messaging; also a common alternative SSH and DirectAdmin port.

When / why

Industrial I/O, or a non-standard SSH listener to reduce noise.

Protocol status detail

TransportStatusMeaning
TCP Yes Assigned by IANA and standardized, specified, 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 2222

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 2222

Allow TCP 2222 (EtherNet/IP / alt-SSH / DirectAdmin). Replace <source> with the network/host that should reach it.

sudo ufw allow proto udp from <source> to any port 2222

Allow UDP 2222 (EtherNet/IP / alt-SSH / DirectAdmin). 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="2222" protocol="tcp" accept'

Allow TCP 2222 (EtherNet/IP / alt-SSH / DirectAdmin) from <source>. Run 'firewall-cmd --reload' afterwards.

sudo firewall-cmd --permanent --add-rich-rule='rule family="ipv4" source address="<source>" port port="2222" protocol="udp" accept'

Allow UDP 2222 (EtherNet/IP / alt-SSH / DirectAdmin) from <source>. Run 'firewall-cmd --reload' afterwards.

nftables

nft add rule inet filter input ip saddr <source> tcp dport 2222 accept

Allow TCP 2222 (EtherNet/IP / alt-SSH / DirectAdmin). Assumes table 'inet filter' with an 'input' chain.

nft add rule inet filter input ip saddr <source> udp dport 2222 accept

Allow UDP 2222 (EtherNet/IP / alt-SSH / DirectAdmin). Assumes table 'inet filter' with an 'input' chain.

iptables

sudo iptables -A INPUT -p tcp -s <source> --dport 2222 -j ACCEPT

Allow TCP 2222 (EtherNet/IP / alt-SSH / DirectAdmin). Persist with iptables-save/netfilter-persistent.

sudo iptables -A INPUT -p udp -s <source> --dport 2222 -j ACCEPT

Allow UDP 2222 (EtherNet/IP / alt-SSH / DirectAdmin). Persist with iptables-save/netfilter-persistent.

Azure NSG

az network nsg rule create -g <resource-group> --nsg-name <nsg> -n Allow-ethernetipaltsshdirectad-2222 --priority 1000 --access Allow --direction Inbound --protocol "*" --source-address-prefixes <source> --destination-port-ranges 2222

Inbound rule for 2222 (EtherNet/IP / alt-SSH / DirectAdmin). 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=2222,ToPort=2222,IpRanges="[{CidrIp=<source-cidr>}]"

Inbound TCP 2222 (EtherNet/IP / alt-SSH / DirectAdmin). Replace <source-cidr> (e.g. 10.0.0.0/16).

aws ec2 authorize-security-group-ingress --group-id <sg-id> --ip-permissions IpProtocol=udp,FromPort=2222,ToPort=2222,IpRanges="[{CidrIp=<source-cidr>}]"

Inbound UDP 2222 (EtherNet/IP / alt-SSH / DirectAdmin). Replace <source-cidr> (e.g. 10.0.0.0/16).

GCP firewall

gcloud compute firewall-rules create allow-ethernetipaltsshdirectad-2222 --direction=INGRESS --action=ALLOW --rules=tcp:2222,udp:2222 --source-ranges=<source-cidr> --network=<network>

Ingress rule for 2222 (EtherNet/IP / alt-SSH / DirectAdmin). Scope with --source-ranges and optionally --target-tags.

Windows netsh

netsh advfirewall firewall add rule name="Allow EtherNet/IP / alt-SSH / DirectAdmin 2222/TCP" dir=in action=allow protocol=TCP localport=2222 remoteip=<source>

Inbound TCP 2222 (EtherNet/IP / alt-SSH / DirectAdmin). Set remoteip to a host/subnet; 'any' is discouraged.

netsh advfirewall firewall add rule name="Allow EtherNet/IP / alt-SSH / DirectAdmin 2222/UDP" dir=in action=allow protocol=UDP localport=2222 remoteip=<source>

Inbound UDP 2222 (EtherNet/IP / alt-SSH / DirectAdmin). Set remoteip to a host/subnet; 'any' is discouraged.

Windows PowerShell

New-NetFirewallRule -DisplayName "Allow EtherNet/IP / alt-SSH / DirectAdmin 2222/TCP" -Direction Inbound -Action Allow -Protocol TCP -LocalPort 2222 -RemoteAddress <source>

Inbound TCP 2222 (EtherNet/IP / alt-SSH / DirectAdmin). Replace <source> with a host or subnet.

New-NetFirewallRule -DisplayName "Allow EtherNet/IP / alt-SSH / DirectAdmin 2222/UDP" -Direction Inbound -Action Allow -Protocol UDP -LocalPort 2222 -RemoteAddress <source>

Inbound UDP 2222 (EtherNet/IP / alt-SSH / DirectAdmin). 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.