# Publish Address vs Bind Address

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/publish-address-vs-bind-address/198948>\
**Category:** Elasticsearch\
**Created:** [September 10, 2019, 5:41pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/publish-address-vs-bind-address/198948 "2019-09-10T17:41:47Z")\
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**Author:** ![SteveP](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/dfb087/32.png) [@SteveP](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/SteveP)\
**Post date:** [September 10, 2019, 5:41pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/publish-address-vs-bind-address/198948/1 "2019-09-10T17:41:48Z")

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Right now I show my bind address as 192.168.1.242:9200, which is what I expected. What I did not expect was to see a publish address of 192.168.1.242:9300. What is the publish address used for and why is the port different? Do I need to open port 9300 via my firewall?

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**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/1/a/1ac57faf039f6b580b3f104ef42a2a89e41014de.png) [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)\
**Post date:** [October 8, 2019, 5:41pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/publish-address-vs-bind-address/198948/2 "2019-10-08T17:41:49Z")

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