My IPFS node announces port 4269, beside the regular 4001

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My IPFS node announces access thru port 4269 in addition to regular 4001. I don’t see any reference to 4269 anywhere online or in my “.ipfs/config”. What is that port used for? It is currently closed in my firewall, shouId open it? Why are two different ports announced?

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That’s probably because your DisableNatPortMap is false and your router has UPnP enabled, so it opens a port for you and announces it.

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No, my router doesn’t use UPnP and, in fact, that port is not reachable from Internet.

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Hmmm, that’s the only thing I can think of. Not sure why it would do that then…