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krisdev25
Tutor
Dec 15, 2020

Why is port TCP 40206 port open on Nighthawk M1 MR100

I was running a portscan on the Nighthawk M1 4G LTE Mobile Router (MR1100) and got the following output: Starting Nmap 7.80 ( https://nmap.org ) at 2020-12-15 09:03 CST Stats: 0:02:04 elapsed; 0...
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TL_NTGR
Apprentice
Dec 16, 2020

krisdev25 That random looking port maps to the UPNP service.  You can disable by logging into the hotspot, go to Settings then Advanced Settings then Other.  Uncheck UPNP.  Device will reboot, then re-run the nmap test to confirm the port is now closed.