# What ports are required for pihole to work?

**URL:** <https://discourse.pi-hole.net/t/what-ports-are-required-for-pihole-to-work/6203>\
**Category:** Help\
**Created:** [December 28, 2017, 2:37pm UTC](https://discourse.pi-hole.net/t/what-ports-are-required-for-pihole-to-work/6203 "2017-12-28T14:37:19Z")\
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**Author:** ![trigger](https://discourse-cdn.pi-hole.net/user_avatar/discourse.pi-hole.net/trigger/32/2404_2.png) [@trigger](https://discourse.pi-hole.net/u/trigger)\
**Post date:** [December 28, 2017, 3:22pm UTC](https://discourse.pi-hole.net/t/what-ports-are-required-for-pihole-to-work/6203/3 "2017-12-28T15:22:20Z")

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Based on the fact I forwarded ssh traffic to that pi from the internet. Add that to the default password and you get the most obvious problem. Also I am not blaming pihole, but the pi running pihole. But that was not the question, just an explanation why I am firewalling everything.

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