Well-known · Cross-platform

647 DHCP Failover

TCP Yes
UDP
SCTP
DCCP

What it is

DHCP failover peer synchronization.

When / why

Between paired DHCP servers for high availability.

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

Well-known (0–1023). System port for a core service. On Unix-like systems, binding it requires superuser privileges.

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Firewall rules for port 647

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 647

Allow TCP 647 (DHCP Failover). 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="647" protocol="tcp" accept'

Allow TCP 647 (DHCP Failover) from <source>. Run 'firewall-cmd --reload' afterwards.

nftables

nft add rule inet filter input ip saddr <source> tcp dport 647 accept

Allow TCP 647 (DHCP Failover). Assumes table 'inet filter' with an 'input' chain.

iptables

sudo iptables -A INPUT -p tcp -s <source> --dport 647 -j ACCEPT

Allow TCP 647 (DHCP Failover). Persist with iptables-save/netfilter-persistent.

Azure NSG

az network nsg rule create -g <resource-group> --nsg-name <nsg> -n Allow-dhcpfailover-647 --priority 1000 --access Allow --direction Inbound --protocol TCP --source-address-prefixes <source> --destination-port-ranges 647

Inbound rule for 647 (DHCP Failover). 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=647,ToPort=647,IpRanges="[{CidrIp=<source-cidr>}]"

Inbound TCP 647 (DHCP Failover). Replace <source-cidr> (e.g. 10.0.0.0/16).

GCP firewall

gcloud compute firewall-rules create allow-dhcpfailover-647 --direction=INGRESS --action=ALLOW --rules=tcp:647 --source-ranges=<source-cidr> --network=<network>

Ingress rule for 647 (DHCP Failover). Scope with --source-ranges and optionally --target-tags.

Windows netsh

netsh advfirewall firewall add rule name="Allow DHCP Failover 647/TCP" dir=in action=allow protocol=TCP localport=647 remoteip=<source>

Inbound TCP 647 (DHCP Failover). Set remoteip to a host/subnet; 'any' is discouraged.

Windows PowerShell

New-NetFirewallRule -DisplayName "Allow DHCP Failover 647/TCP" -Direction Inbound -Action Allow -Protocol TCP -LocalPort 647 -RemoteAddress <source>

Inbound TCP 647 (DHCP Failover). 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.