Hi, beofore openning a port, I checked which port is open: mahmood@client:~$ netstat -an | grep LISTEN tcp 0 0 0.0.0.0:111 0.0.0.0:* LISTEN tcp 0 0 0.0.0.0:22 0.0.0.0:* LISTEN tcp 0 0 0.0.0.0:15002 0.0.0.0:* LISTEN tcp 0 0 0.0.0.0:15003 0.0.0.0:* LISTEN tcp 0 0 0.0.0.0:38304 0.0.0.0:* LISTEN tcp6 0 0 :::22 :::* LISTEN unix 2 [ ACC ] STREAM LISTENING 3488 @/com/ubuntu/upstart Then I opened a port with mahmood@client:~$ sudo iptables -A INPUT -p tcp -d 0/0 -s 0/0 --dport 4949 -j ACCEPT [sudo] password for mahmood: mahmood@client:~$ However netstat doen't show it is open: mahmood@client:~$ netstat -an | grep LISTEN tcp 0 0 0.0.0.0:111 0.0.0.0:* LISTEN tcp 0 0 0.0.0.0:22 0.0.0.0:* LISTEN tcp 0 0 0.0.0.0:15002 0.0.0.0:* LISTEN tcp 0 0 0.0.0.0:15003 0.0.0.0:* LISTEN tcp 0 0 0.0.0.0:38304 0.0.0.0:* LISTEN tcp6 0 0 :::22 :::* LISTEN unix 2 [ ACC ] STREAM LISTENING 3488 @/com/ubuntu/upstart What is wrong? // Naderan *Mahmood; -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe netfilter" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html