# Removing Apple Firewall for Rails Testing

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**Category:** Rails\
**Created:** [April 1, 2006, 1:15am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/removing-apple-firewall-for-rails-testing/56551 "2006-04-01T01:15:56Z")\
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**Post date:** [April 1, 2006, 1:15am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/removing-apple-firewall-for-rails-testing/56551/1 "2006-04-01T01:15:56Z")

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Often I want to open a port on my laptop for others to test. Does anyone  
know  
how, without dumping the entire Apple firewall, I can open ports in the  
81-89 and 8000-8999 range?

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You can enter port ranges in the OS X firewall configuration.

Just go to Sharing -\> Firewall in System Preferences,  
and hit “New…”, and select “Other…” from the popup.

Then enter 81-89,8000-8999 in the “TCP” field,  
and choose a name you like, and hit OK, that should do it.

-Thomas

Am 01.04.2006 um 01:11 schrieb s.ross:

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**Post date:** [April 1, 2006, 1:58am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/removing-apple-firewall-for-rails-testing/56551/3 "2006-04-01T01:58:16Z")

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Works like a charm! I’m used to my firewall appliances and wasn’t  
finding the  
port range dealie. Too obvious 🙂

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