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Port 3979 (smwan)

IANA assigns port 3979 to smwan: Smith Micro Wide Area Network Service.

Registered (user) port, 1024-49151 TCPUDP

IANA assignment

Service nameProtoDescriptionAssigneeReference
smwan TCP Smith Micro Wide Area Network Service David Sperling -
smwan UDP Smith Micro Wide Area Network Service David Sperling -

Registry dates for this port: registered 2006-06.

Check what is listening on port 3979

Linux: is anything listening on TCP 3979?
sudo ss -tlnp 'sport = :3979'
Linux: UDP 3979
sudo ss -ulnp 'sport = :3979'
Linux / macOS: which process owns the port
sudo lsof -nP -i :3979
Older Linux / BSD (net-tools)
sudo netstat -tlnp | grep ':3979 '
Windows (Command Prompt)
netstat -ano | findstr :3979
Windows (PowerShell)
Get-NetTCPConnection -LocalPort 3979 -State Listen | Select LocalAddress,OwningProcess

Test it from outside

From another machine
nc -vz -w 5 HOST 3979
From Windows
Test-NetConnection HOST -Port 3979
UDP probe (no reply does not prove it is closed)
nc -vzu -w 5 HOST 3979

Block port 3979 in the firewall

ufw
sudo ufw deny 3979/tcp
iptables
sudo iptables -A INPUT -p tcp --dport 3979 -j DROP
nftables
sudo nft add rule inet filter input tcp dport 3979 drop
Windows Firewall
New-NetFirewallRule -DisplayName 'Block TCP 3979' -Direction Inbound -Protocol TCP -LocalPort 3979 -Action Block
ufw
sudo ufw deny 3979/udp
iptables
sudo iptables -A INPUT -p udp --dport 3979 -j DROP
nftables
sudo nft add rule inet filter input udp dport 3979 drop
Windows Firewall
New-NetFirewallRule -DisplayName 'Block UDP 3979' -Direction Inbound -Protocol UDP -LocalPort 3979 -Action Block

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