# Open port for ipv6

**URL:** <https://forums.suse.com/t/open-port-for-ipv6/35557>\
**Category:** General Discussion\
**Created:** [April 16, 2021, 8:43am UTC](https://forums.suse.com/t/open-port-for-ipv6/35557 "2021-04-16T08:43:16Z")\
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**Author:** ![vishal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/49beb7/32.png) [@vishal](https://forums.suse.com/u/vishal)\
**Post date:** [April 16, 2021, 8:43am UTC](https://forums.suse.com/t/open-port-for-ipv6/35557/1 "2021-04-16T08:43:16Z")

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Need to know how to open port for ipv6 , as i know for ipv4 we use firewall-cmd --add-port=\<\>/protocol ,  
what we need to use for ipv6