Registered · Cross-platform

5201 iperf3

TCP Unofficial
UDP Unofficial
SCTP
DCCP

What it is

iperf3 bandwidth measurement.

When / why

TCP/UDP throughput testing.

Protocol status detail

TransportStatusMeaning
TCP Unofficial Not assigned by IANA, but 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 5201

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 5201

Allow TCP 5201 (iperf3). Replace <source> with the network/host that should reach it.

sudo ufw allow proto udp from <source> to any port 5201

Allow UDP 5201 (iperf3). 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="5201" protocol="tcp" accept'

Allow TCP 5201 (iperf3) from <source>. Run 'firewall-cmd --reload' afterwards.

sudo firewall-cmd --permanent --add-rich-rule='rule family="ipv4" source address="<source>" port port="5201" protocol="udp" accept'

Allow UDP 5201 (iperf3) from <source>. Run 'firewall-cmd --reload' afterwards.

nftables

nft add rule inet filter input ip saddr <source> tcp dport 5201 accept

Allow TCP 5201 (iperf3). Assumes table 'inet filter' with an 'input' chain.

nft add rule inet filter input ip saddr <source> udp dport 5201 accept

Allow UDP 5201 (iperf3). Assumes table 'inet filter' with an 'input' chain.

iptables

sudo iptables -A INPUT -p tcp -s <source> --dport 5201 -j ACCEPT

Allow TCP 5201 (iperf3). Persist with iptables-save/netfilter-persistent.

sudo iptables -A INPUT -p udp -s <source> --dport 5201 -j ACCEPT

Allow UDP 5201 (iperf3). Persist with iptables-save/netfilter-persistent.

Azure NSG

az network nsg rule create -g <resource-group> --nsg-name <nsg> -n Allow-iperf3-5201 --priority 1000 --access Allow --direction Inbound --protocol "*" --source-address-prefixes <source> --destination-port-ranges 5201

Inbound rule for 5201 (iperf3). 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=5201,ToPort=5201,IpRanges="[{CidrIp=<source-cidr>}]"

Inbound TCP 5201 (iperf3). 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=5201,ToPort=5201,IpRanges="[{CidrIp=<source-cidr>}]"

Inbound UDP 5201 (iperf3). Replace <source-cidr> (e.g. 10.0.0.0/16).

GCP firewall

gcloud compute firewall-rules create allow-iperf3-5201 --direction=INGRESS --action=ALLOW --rules=tcp:5201,udp:5201 --source-ranges=<source-cidr> --network=<network>

Ingress rule for 5201 (iperf3). Scope with --source-ranges and optionally --target-tags.

Windows netsh

netsh advfirewall firewall add rule name="Allow iperf3 5201/TCP" dir=in action=allow protocol=TCP localport=5201 remoteip=<source>

Inbound TCP 5201 (iperf3). Set remoteip to a host/subnet; 'any' is discouraged.

netsh advfirewall firewall add rule name="Allow iperf3 5201/UDP" dir=in action=allow protocol=UDP localport=5201 remoteip=<source>

Inbound UDP 5201 (iperf3). Set remoteip to a host/subnet; 'any' is discouraged.

Windows PowerShell

New-NetFirewallRule -DisplayName "Allow iperf3 5201/TCP" -Direction Inbound -Action Allow -Protocol TCP -LocalPort 5201 -RemoteAddress <source>

Inbound TCP 5201 (iperf3). Replace <source> with a host or subnet.

New-NetFirewallRule -DisplayName "Allow iperf3 5201/UDP" -Direction Inbound -Action Allow -Protocol UDP -LocalPort 5201 -RemoteAddress <source>

Inbound UDP 5201 (iperf3). 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.