VLC remote control, what port to open in what zone?

[promeneur]

I want to remote control VLC from a phone.
what port to open in what zone ?

thanks

[myswtest]

Believe it or not, I started up VLC, then went to the “Help” menu … I typed “remote control” and guess what entries showed up ??

[hui]

It is really unfortunate that some users do not even try their clever tips.

A basic check would have shown you, that the connection gets refused. The app tells that a possible reason is the firewall. Directly adding the IP does not work. The connection is still refused.

Any more clever tips which could really help the TO?

[promeneur]

You don’t answer to my request. I know this is the port 8080 but I wanted to be sure.
And the question is : in the firewall in what zone you must authorize the 8080 port and in what field ? “port tcp” or “port utp”

[swannema]

You can look up the firewall zone you are in, in
system settings - wlan & internet - wlan & networks

[promeneur]

there is no zone in the settings !

Is there any default zone for openSUSe ?

[deano_ferrari]

@promeneur

Is there any default zone for openSUSe ?

Yes, the ‘public’ zone is default. You can set it via network manager, or use firewall-cmd to do it. To examine current zones and configuration do
sudo firewall-cmd --get-active-zones
sudo firewall-cmd --list-all

If you prefer a GUI, you can use firewall-config (package of the same name). Cockpit also provides basic firewall configuration ability.

[hcvv]

@promeneur

Is there any default zone for openSUSe ?

That is your network configuration, not your firewall configuration.

[promeneur]

It is the answer to swanema post

[deano_ferrari]

The NetworkManager frontend allows you to assign a network interface to a specific zone. If not explicitly specified, the default zone is public.

[hcvv]

Thanks. thus two configuration tools can alter the same item.