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I have several servers deployed behind consumer grade NAT (home routers). My client connects periodically to these servers on port 3000, I have a hole punched in the firewall for port 3000 and port 22 for ssh debugging.



Occasionally the client can't connect to one or more server. How can I debug this situation?. I want to be able to tell if the failure was caused by the firewall blocking my client or if it was a bug in the server/client code.










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    I have several servers deployed behind consumer grade NAT (home routers). My client connects periodically to these servers on port 3000, I have a hole punched in the firewall for port 3000 and port 22 for ssh debugging.



    Occasionally the client can't connect to one or more server. How can I debug this situation?. I want to be able to tell if the failure was caused by the firewall blocking my client or if it was a bug in the server/client code.










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      I have several servers deployed behind consumer grade NAT (home routers). My client connects periodically to these servers on port 3000, I have a hole punched in the firewall for port 3000 and port 22 for ssh debugging.



      Occasionally the client can't connect to one or more server. How can I debug this situation?. I want to be able to tell if the failure was caused by the firewall blocking my client or if it was a bug in the server/client code.










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      I have several servers deployed behind consumer grade NAT (home routers). My client connects periodically to these servers on port 3000, I have a hole punched in the firewall for port 3000 and port 22 for ssh debugging.



      Occasionally the client can't connect to one or more server. How can I debug this situation?. I want to be able to tell if the failure was caused by the firewall blocking my client or if it was a bug in the server/client code.







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          You should use netcat, it is a Linux command line utility that will allow to create a server or client on the fly on the remote machine and create the corresponding server or client on your machine, then you send messages from one end and if it is received on the other end then the port is open.
          https://www.digitalocean.com/community/tutorials/how-to-use-netcat-to-establish-and-test-tcp-and-udp-connections-on-a-vps






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            Not sure to really understand your situation.



            But three things are on my mind.



            First, if all your computers are behind a router on the same network, nothing will be blocked (router block ports from outside, not inside).



            Second, if you can SSH and your application is using the port 3333, maybe your SSH server is not listening to the port 3333. SSH use the port 22 by default, if you want to use the port 3333 for ssh you need to configure all your machines to use that port instead of 22.



            Finaly, maybe your firewall is simply blocking the port, look for iptables documentation to open that port (which is the firewall used by many distributions).






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              You should use netcat, it is a Linux command line utility that will allow to create a server or client on the fly on the remote machine and create the corresponding server or client on your machine, then you send messages from one end and if it is received on the other end then the port is open.
              https://www.digitalocean.com/community/tutorials/how-to-use-netcat-to-establish-and-test-tcp-and-udp-connections-on-a-vps






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                You should use netcat, it is a Linux command line utility that will allow to create a server or client on the fly on the remote machine and create the corresponding server or client on your machine, then you send messages from one end and if it is received on the other end then the port is open.
                https://www.digitalocean.com/community/tutorials/how-to-use-netcat-to-establish-and-test-tcp-and-udp-connections-on-a-vps






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                  You should use netcat, it is a Linux command line utility that will allow to create a server or client on the fly on the remote machine and create the corresponding server or client on your machine, then you send messages from one end and if it is received on the other end then the port is open.
                  https://www.digitalocean.com/community/tutorials/how-to-use-netcat-to-establish-and-test-tcp-and-udp-connections-on-a-vps






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                  You should use netcat, it is a Linux command line utility that will allow to create a server or client on the fly on the remote machine and create the corresponding server or client on your machine, then you send messages from one end and if it is received on the other end then the port is open.
                  https://www.digitalocean.com/community/tutorials/how-to-use-netcat-to-establish-and-test-tcp-and-udp-connections-on-a-vps







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                      Not sure to really understand your situation.



                      But three things are on my mind.



                      First, if all your computers are behind a router on the same network, nothing will be blocked (router block ports from outside, not inside).



                      Second, if you can SSH and your application is using the port 3333, maybe your SSH server is not listening to the port 3333. SSH use the port 22 by default, if you want to use the port 3333 for ssh you need to configure all your machines to use that port instead of 22.



                      Finaly, maybe your firewall is simply blocking the port, look for iptables documentation to open that port (which is the firewall used by many distributions).






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                        Not sure to really understand your situation.



                        But three things are on my mind.



                        First, if all your computers are behind a router on the same network, nothing will be blocked (router block ports from outside, not inside).



                        Second, if you can SSH and your application is using the port 3333, maybe your SSH server is not listening to the port 3333. SSH use the port 22 by default, if you want to use the port 3333 for ssh you need to configure all your machines to use that port instead of 22.



                        Finaly, maybe your firewall is simply blocking the port, look for iptables documentation to open that port (which is the firewall used by many distributions).






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                          Not sure to really understand your situation.



                          But three things are on my mind.



                          First, if all your computers are behind a router on the same network, nothing will be blocked (router block ports from outside, not inside).



                          Second, if you can SSH and your application is using the port 3333, maybe your SSH server is not listening to the port 3333. SSH use the port 22 by default, if you want to use the port 3333 for ssh you need to configure all your machines to use that port instead of 22.



                          Finaly, maybe your firewall is simply blocking the port, look for iptables documentation to open that port (which is the firewall used by many distributions).






                          share|improve this answer













                          Not sure to really understand your situation.



                          But three things are on my mind.



                          First, if all your computers are behind a router on the same network, nothing will be blocked (router block ports from outside, not inside).



                          Second, if you can SSH and your application is using the port 3333, maybe your SSH server is not listening to the port 3333. SSH use the port 22 by default, if you want to use the port 3333 for ssh you need to configure all your machines to use that port instead of 22.



                          Finaly, maybe your firewall is simply blocking the port, look for iptables documentation to open that port (which is the firewall used by many distributions).







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