Dlink 704P - "Stealth" on port 113

[anazoal]

DI-704P upgraded to latest firmware.

ShieldsUp! (grc.com) reported my port 113 was "Closed". That's really not a big deal, but I wanted to see if I could "Stealth" it like all the other ports, so I forwarded port 113 to an unused LAN IP.

I don't see a speed hit (my Attbi has really eratic speeds and latency seems high sometimes). Will forwarding 113 into nothingness cause any problems with some Internet servers?

 

[Santa]

113 is the Ident port.. most times it is only used for Chat Servers.

Internet speeds (Web surfing is what I am speaking of) has nothing to do with this port last I checked so you should be fine in forwarding this port to nothing.

I assume since you asked that you know if you forward it to nothing it will "stealth" this port so go ahead.