Open Ports for Omada SDN Controller and EAP

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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

PortsOmada Hardware ControllerOmada Software ControllerEAP Discovery UtilityWhen the port is required
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

PortsOmada Hardware ControllerOmada Software ControllerEAP Discovery UtilityWhen the port is required
UDP 29810Omada Controller or EAP Discovery Utility discovers Omada devices.
TCP 29814Omada Controller or EAP Discovery Utility adopts Omada devices.

Initialization Check

PortsOmada Hardware ControllerOmada Software ControllerEAP Discovery UtilityWhen the port is required
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

PortsOmada Hardware ControllerOmada Software ControllerEAP Discovery UtilityWhen the port is required
TCP 27217  The software controller accesses the built-in database for Controller.

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