# Port Forwarding 14002 **URL:** \ **Category:** troubleshooting\ **Tags:** windows-gui, windows, port-forwarding\ **Created:** [April 1, 2023, 12:38pm UTC](https://forum.storj.io/t/port-forwarding-14002/22131 "2023-04-01T12:38:26Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 18\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Senpai](https://storj.bcdn.literatehosting.com/user_avatar/forum.storj.io/senpai/32/1131_2.png) [@Senpai](https://forum.storj.io/u/Senpai)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2023, 12:38pm UTC](https://forum.storj.io/t/port-forwarding-14002/22131/1 "2023-04-01T12:38:26Z")
I seem to have problems with port forwarding on my windows node. It is only about port 14002, the other port (28967) does not cause any problems and is configured as desired. Port 14002 works on the own server, via localhost:14002. In the firewall the port 14002 was released just like port 28967 which works. The website [Open Port Check Tool - Test Port Forwarding on Your Router](https://www.yougetsignal.com/tools/open-ports/) also shows that port 28967 is open and port 14002 is closed. What is the reason for this, where is my error? I have released the port 14002 over the protocol TCP. I would be very happy about help, if more information is needed just contact me. ---
**Author:** ![snorkel](https://storj.bcdn.literatehosting.com/letter_avatar/snorkel/32/5_5575768a8748004e209b776fc1b2916d.png) [@snorkel](https://forum.storj.io/u/snorkel)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2023, 1:18pm UTC](https://forum.storj.io/t/port-forwarding-14002/22131/2 "2023-04-01T13:18:14Z")
From where do you want to access the dashboard? That port is for the storagenode dashboard, and should not be exposed to the internet. In your router you don’t need to forward/open port 14002. So from wan, it should be seen as closed. That port is only intended to be accesed from your local netwok. If you want to access it from other computers in your LAN, just delete de localhost ip in the config/ run command. ---
**Author:** ![nyancodex](https://storj.bcdn.literatehosting.com/user_avatar/forum.storj.io/nyancodex/32/1129_2.png) [@nyancodex](https://forum.storj.io/u/nyancodex)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2023, 1:47pm UTC](https://forum.storj.io/t/port-forwarding-14002/22131/3 "2023-04-01T13:47:46Z")
what is the config in your config.yaml? try to listen to _0.0.0.0:14002_ ---
**Author:** ![snorkel](https://storj.bcdn.literatehosting.com/letter_avatar/snorkel/32/5_5575768a8748004e209b776fc1b2916d.png) [@snorkel](https://forum.storj.io/u/snorkel)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2023, 11:37pm UTC](https://forum.storj.io/t/port-forwarding-14002/22131/4 "2023-04-01T23:37:56Z")
Sorry, I forgot how win node works. You should set in config this: `console.address: pc_lan_ip:14002` The ip is the fixed ip that you choose for your PC with the storagenode on it, in your LAN, like 192.168.1.5. It’s not from where you try to access the node; it’s the node’s address. ---
**Author:** ![Balage76](https://storj.bcdn.literatehosting.com/user_avatar/forum.storj.io/balage76/32/1129_2.png) [@Balage76](https://forum.storj.io/u/Balage76)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2023, 7:03am UTC](https://forum.storj.io/t/port-forwarding-14002/22131/5 "2023-04-02T07:03:35Z")
It is enough to use only “:14002” without any IP in the config.yaml This is in my config.yaml: # server address of the api gateway and frontend app console.address: :14005 This way, if you change your PC’s IP address for any reason, you don’t need to change the address in the config.yaml file at the same time. ---
**Author:** ![Alexey](https://storj.bcdn.literatehosting.com/user_avatar/forum.storj.io/alexey/32/41_2.png) [@Alexey](https://forum.storj.io/u/Alexey)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2023, 12:15pm UTC](https://forum.storj.io/t/port-forwarding-14002/22131/6 "2023-04-02T12:15:55Z")
I would not recommend to publish your dashboard to the internet without any protection, use this method instead: [How to remote access the web dashboard - Storj Node Operator Docs](https://docs.storj.io/node/resources/faq/how-to-remote-access-the-web-dashboard) or [[Tech Preview] Multinode Dashboard Binaries](https://forum.storj.io/t/tech-preview-multinode-dashboard-binaries/14572) ---
**Author:** ![snorkel](https://storj.bcdn.literatehosting.com/letter_avatar/snorkel/32/5_5575768a8748004e209b776fc1b2916d.png) [@snorkel](https://forum.storj.io/u/snorkel)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2023, 1:07pm UTC](https://forum.storj.io/t/port-forwarding-14002/22131/7 "2023-04-02T13:07:21Z")
If you don’t forward the 14002 port in router, how can it be visible from the internet? ---
**Author:** ![Alexey](https://storj.bcdn.literatehosting.com/user_avatar/forum.storj.io/alexey/32/41_2.png) [@Alexey](https://forum.storj.io/u/Alexey)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2023, 1:33pm UTC](https://forum.storj.io/t/port-forwarding-14002/22131/8 "2023-04-02T13:33:17Z")
The title of this topic states: “Port forwarding 14002”, so I think the author wants to forward it and have an access via internet. But here is a problem - ANYONE can access it, not only the author. ---
**Author:** ![snorkel](https://storj.bcdn.literatehosting.com/letter_avatar/snorkel/32/5_5575768a8748004e209b776fc1b2916d.png) [@snorkel](https://forum.storj.io/u/snorkel)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2023, 2:01pm UTC](https://forum.storj.io/t/port-forwarding-14002/22131/9 "2023-04-02T14:01:21Z")
OK, sorry… I was thinking I exposed mine too without knowing it. 😅 I also checked one from another location with [http://wan-ip:14002](http://wan-ip:14002). Isn’t responding, so I’m ok. ---
**Author:** ![Senpai](https://storj.bcdn.literatehosting.com/user_avatar/forum.storj.io/senpai/32/1131_2.png) [@Senpai](https://forum.storj.io/u/Senpai)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2023, 2:54pm UTC](https://forum.storj.io/t/port-forwarding-14002/22131/10 "2023-04-02T14:54:38Z")
but is that a problem? i mean you can only see sth about my node and cant change sth? or iam wrong? ---
**Author:** ![Senpai](https://storj.bcdn.literatehosting.com/user_avatar/forum.storj.io/senpai/32/1131_2.png) [@Senpai](https://forum.storj.io/u/Senpai)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2023, 2:55pm UTC](https://forum.storj.io/t/port-forwarding-14002/22131/11 "2023-04-02T14:55:38Z")
allright i will check that out 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![snorkel](https://storj.bcdn.literatehosting.com/letter_avatar/snorkel/32/5_5575768a8748004e209b776fc1b2916d.png) [@snorkel](https://forum.storj.io/u/snorkel)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2023, 3:36pm UTC](https://forum.storj.io/t/port-forwarding-14002/22131/12 "2023-04-02T15:36:13Z")
For your privacy… why show others that you run Storj nodes and you make money out of it? ---
**Author:** ![Balage76](https://storj.bcdn.literatehosting.com/user_avatar/forum.storj.io/balage76/32/1129_2.png) [@Balage76](https://forum.storj.io/u/Balage76)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2023, 6:14pm UTC](https://forum.storj.io/t/port-forwarding-14002/22131/13 "2023-04-02T18:14:18Z")
Your Wallet address is there… > [@Senpai](#): > > but is that a problem? > i mean you can only see sth about my node and cant change sth? > or iam wrong? ---
**Author:** ![nyancodex](https://storj.bcdn.literatehosting.com/user_avatar/forum.storj.io/nyancodex/32/1129_2.png) [@nyancodex](https://forum.storj.io/u/nyancodex)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2023, 4:31pm UTC](https://forum.storj.io/t/port-forwarding-14002/22131/14 "2023-04-09T16:31:54Z")
maybe we should implement some kind of http basic auth? ---
**Author:** ![Alexey](https://storj.bcdn.literatehosting.com/user_avatar/forum.storj.io/alexey/32/41_2.png) [@Alexey](https://forum.storj.io/u/Alexey)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2023, 3:59am UTC](https://forum.storj.io/t/port-forwarding-14002/22131/15 "2023-04-10T03:59:06Z")
See > [@Secure dashboard (HTTPS and password ?)](https://forum.storj.io/t/secure-dashboard-https-and-password/11563): > > Would there be a way to make the dashboard exposable to the Internet, without having to go through the trouble of setting up an SSH tunnel like described in: ? I mean could the dashboard implement some sort of security by itself, so we can expose it to the Internet and access it by using a password or something? I see the matter has been discussed already, but the answer is usually to use an SSH tunnel or to install a reverse proxy in front of the node, as described here for instance: But … > [@Publish SNO Dashboard on Internet](https://forum.storj.io/t/publish-sno-dashboard-on-internet/1847/4): > > I am able to setup nginx reverse proxy server with SSL. below is the configuration with subdomain. server { listen 443 ssl http2; listen [::]:443 ssl http2; server\_name storj.\*; include /config/nginx/ssl.conf; client\_max\_body\_size 0; location / { resolver 127.0.0.11 valid=30s; set $upstream\_app storagenode; set $upstream\_port 14002; set $upstream\_proto http; proxy\_pass $upstream\_proto://$upstream\_app:$upstream\_por… ---
**Author:** ![nyancodex](https://storj.bcdn.literatehosting.com/user_avatar/forum.storj.io/nyancodex/32/1129_2.png) [@nyancodex](https://forum.storj.io/u/nyancodex)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2023, 10:44am UTC](https://forum.storj.io/t/port-forwarding-14002/22131/16 "2023-04-10T10:44:36Z")
I mean something built-in. As you can see some SNO don’t familiar with Linux, we can’t expect them to do these kind of config. Something built-in which can work in both Linux and Windows. ---
**Author:** ![razvonescu](https://storj.bcdn.literatehosting.com/user_avatar/forum.storj.io/razvonescu/32/1121_2.png) [@razvonescu](https://forum.storj.io/u/razvonescu)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2023, 1:50pm UTC](https://forum.storj.io/t/port-forwarding-14002/22131/17 "2023-04-10T13:50:11Z")
I configured a VPN on the same machine/network where the node is running. When I want to check the dashboard from outside of the network I just connect to the VPN first. I believe VPN can easily be set up on linux/windows/NAS ---
**Author:** ![Alexey](https://storj.bcdn.literatehosting.com/user_avatar/forum.storj.io/alexey/32/41_2.png) [@Alexey](https://forum.storj.io/u/Alexey)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2023, 5:05am UTC](https://forum.storj.io/t/port-forwarding-14002/22131/18 "2023-04-11T05:05:51Z")
Storagenode should not replace OS tools, like VPN or RAID, etc., it should be effective in the service which is it designed for - store and serve customer’s data. You may use this guide to have an access to your dashboard from any place: > [@Port Forwarding 14002](https://forum.storj.io/t/port-forwarding-14002/22131/6): > > I would not recommend to publish your dashboard to the internet without any protection, use this method instead: [How to remote access the web dashboard - Storj Node Operator Docs](https://docs.storj.io/node/resources/faq/how-to-remote-access-the-web-dashboard) or [[Tech Preview] Multinode Dashboard Binaries](https://forum.storj.io/t/tech-preview-multinode-dashboard-binaries/14572)