The Omada controller and EAP Discovery Utility certain TCP (Transmission Control Protocol) ports and UDP (User Datagram Protocol) ports to send or receive data, and those ports need to be open for Omada to work properly.
The TP-Link website provides a table that summarizes certain ports, but the table can be a little confusing because it includes information about current and older Omada versions that uses different ports, or no longer require certain ports.
Here’s a summary I’ve put together for the current version of Omada, which is 5.9.31 as of this writing.
Web Management and Portal
Ports | Omada Hardware Controller | Omada Software Controller | EAP Discovery Utility | When the port is required |
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TCP 80 | ✔ | Your browser opens the Omada controller’s management page via an “http” connection. | ||
TCP 443 | ✔ | 1. Your browser opens the Omada controller’s management page via an “https” connection. 2. Omada Controller upgrades Omada devices. | ||
TCP 8088 | ✔ | ✔ | 1. Your browser opens the Omada controller’s management page via an “http” connection for Omada Software Controller. 2. Users are authenticated via an HTTP portal. | |
TCP 8043 | ✔ | 1. Your browser opens the Omada controller’s management page via an “https” connection. 2. Omada Controller upgrades Omada devices. | ||
TCP 8843 | ✔ | ✔ | Users are authenticated via an HTTPS portal. |
EAP Discovery, Adoption, Management, and Upgrade
Ports | Omada Hardware Controller | Omada Software Controller | EAP Discovery Utility | When the port is required |
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UDP 29810 | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | Omada Controller or EAP Discovery Utility discovers Omada devices. |
TCP 29814 | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | Omada Controller or EAP Discovery Utility adopts Omada devices. |
Initialization Check
Ports | Omada Hardware Controller | Omada Software Controller | EAP Discovery Utility | When the port is required |
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UDP 27001 | ✔ | ✔ | The Omada APP discovers whether a controller is running in the LAN. Note, this port is used only by the Omada APP. Omada controller will initialize without checking other controllers in the LAN and will not require port 27001. |
Database Access
Ports | Omada Hardware Controller | Omada Software Controller | EAP Discovery Utility | When the port is required |
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TCP 27217 | ✔ | The software controller accesses the built-in database for Controller. |
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