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<blockquote data-quote="simmerskool" data-source="post: 1103236" data-attributes="member: 61091">[USER=96560]@Victor M[/USER] website says: And you can test your firewall with the &#039;nmap&#039; tool. Install nmap. Then issue the command &gt; nmap 192.168.0.0/16I tried this in VMware MX-Linux and nothing seemed to be happening. After about 15 min I used terminal signal to quit. Perhaps the internal ip is different because running in vm?I minimally used nmap a decade++ ago, so more reading, but comments welcome. I do have an commercial grade router so perhaps that &quot;killed&quot; nmap, so far no indications of anything. I suppose the router might see a nmap scan as an attack? This is why linux is fun (for me) -- getting under the hood to some degree. Lots to (re)learn.EDIT errr nevermind, I used chatGPT to get a clearer idea of what to do, then nmap becomes both informative and helpful. seeing a few open ports on both Host &amp; Guest I need to &quot;investigate.&quot;&nbsp; fun+</blockquote>

[QUOTE="simmerskool, post: 1103236, member: 61091"] [USER=96560]@Victor M[/USER] website says: And you can test your firewall with the 'nmap' tool. Install nmap. Then issue the command > nmap 192.168.0.0/16 I tried this in VMware MX-Linux and nothing seemed to be happening. After about 15 min I used terminal signal to quit. Perhaps the internal ip is different because running in vm? I minimally used nmap a decade++ ago, so more reading, but comments welcome. I do have an commercial grade router so perhaps that "killed" nmap, so far no indications of anything. I suppose the router might see a nmap scan as an attack? This is why linux is fun (for me) -- getting under the hood to some degree. Lots to (re)learn. EDIT errr nevermind, I used chatGPT to get a clearer idea of what to do, then nmap becomes both informative and helpful. seeing a few open ports on both Host & Guest I need to "investigate." fun+ [/QUOTE]

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