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Port 2218 (bounzza)

IANA assigns port 2218 to bounzza: Bounzza IRC Proxy.

Registered (user) port, 1024-49151 TCPUDP

IANA assignment

Service nameProtoDescriptionAssigneeReference
bounzza TCP Bounzza IRC Proxy Danko Alexeyev -
bounzza UDP Bounzza IRC Proxy Danko Alexeyev -

Registry dates for this port: registered 2006-02.

Check what is listening on port 2218

Linux: is anything listening on TCP 2218?
sudo ss -tlnp 'sport = :2218'
Linux: UDP 2218
sudo ss -ulnp 'sport = :2218'
Linux / macOS: which process owns the port
sudo lsof -nP -i :2218
Older Linux / BSD (net-tools)
sudo netstat -tlnp | grep ':2218 '
Windows (Command Prompt)
netstat -ano | findstr :2218
Windows (PowerShell)
Get-NetTCPConnection -LocalPort 2218 -State Listen | Select LocalAddress,OwningProcess

Test it from outside

From another machine
nc -vz -w 5 HOST 2218
From Windows
Test-NetConnection HOST -Port 2218
UDP probe (no reply does not prove it is closed)
nc -vzu -w 5 HOST 2218

Block port 2218 in the firewall

ufw
sudo ufw deny 2218/tcp
iptables
sudo iptables -A INPUT -p tcp --dport 2218 -j DROP
nftables
sudo nft add rule inet filter input tcp dport 2218 drop
Windows Firewall
New-NetFirewallRule -DisplayName 'Block TCP 2218' -Direction Inbound -Protocol TCP -LocalPort 2218 -Action Block
ufw
sudo ufw deny 2218/udp
iptables
sudo iptables -A INPUT -p udp --dport 2218 -j DROP
nftables
sudo nft add rule inet filter input udp dport 2218 drop
Windows Firewall
New-NetFirewallRule -DisplayName 'Block UDP 2218' -Direction Inbound -Protocol UDP -LocalPort 2218 -Action Block

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Assignment data: IANA port number registry (public domain), retrieved 2026-11-10.