Registered · Cross-platform

2727 MGCP call agent

TCP Yes
UDP
SCTP
DCCP

What it is

Media Gateway Control Protocol call agent.

When / why

VoIP gateway control.

Protocol status detail

TransportStatusMeaning
TCP Yes Assigned by IANA and standardized, specified, or widely used on this port.
UDP Not applicable for this transport.
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 2727

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 2727

Allow TCP 2727 (MGCP call agent). 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="2727" protocol="tcp" accept'

Allow TCP 2727 (MGCP call agent) from <source>. Run 'firewall-cmd --reload' afterwards.

nftables

nft add rule inet filter input ip saddr <source> tcp dport 2727 accept

Allow TCP 2727 (MGCP call agent). Assumes table 'inet filter' with an 'input' chain.

iptables

sudo iptables -A INPUT -p tcp -s <source> --dport 2727 -j ACCEPT

Allow TCP 2727 (MGCP call agent). Persist with iptables-save/netfilter-persistent.

Azure NSG

az network nsg rule create -g <resource-group> --nsg-name <nsg> -n Allow-mgcpcallagent-2727 --priority 1000 --access Allow --direction Inbound --protocol TCP --source-address-prefixes <source> --destination-port-ranges 2727

Inbound rule for 2727 (MGCP call agent). 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=2727,ToPort=2727,IpRanges="[{CidrIp=<source-cidr>}]"

Inbound TCP 2727 (MGCP call agent). Replace <source-cidr> (e.g. 10.0.0.0/16).

GCP firewall

gcloud compute firewall-rules create allow-mgcpcallagent-2727 --direction=INGRESS --action=ALLOW --rules=tcp:2727 --source-ranges=<source-cidr> --network=<network>

Ingress rule for 2727 (MGCP call agent). Scope with --source-ranges and optionally --target-tags.

Windows netsh

netsh advfirewall firewall add rule name="Allow MGCP call agent 2727/TCP" dir=in action=allow protocol=TCP localport=2727 remoteip=<source>

Inbound TCP 2727 (MGCP call agent). Set remoteip to a host/subnet; 'any' is discouraged.

Windows PowerShell

New-NetFirewallRule -DisplayName "Allow MGCP call agent 2727/TCP" -Direction Inbound -Action Allow -Protocol TCP -LocalPort 2727 -RemoteAddress <source>

Inbound TCP 2727 (MGCP call agent). 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.