Port 43438Homematic IP LAN Routing

UDP port assigned to eQ-3's Homematic IP LAN routing service.

transport: udp
in transit: encrypted
assignment: official
risk: 1/10
lookups: 0

also known as hmip-routing

Technical Details

what runs on :43438

Homematic IP LAN Routing is registered on port :43438 over udp to eQ-3 Entwicklung GmbH, assigned February 2018. We don't have a technical write-up for it beyond the IANA registry entry.

In nmap's internet-wide scan data this port is never observed open, so if it's open on your network it's more likely a custom or misconfigured service than the registered one.

find what's listening on :43438

this machine

# linux
sudo ss -ulpn 'sport = :43438'

# macos / bsd
sudo lsof -nP -i :43438

# windows (then: tasklist /FI "PID eq <pid>")
netstat -ano | findstr :43438

another host

sudo nmap -sU -sV -p U:43438 <host>

run it? the handshake, the implementations you meet in the wild and the flags that matter come from the engineers who do.

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Security Information

exposure of :43438

risk score

1/ 10safe

routine exposure. this port is rarely the way in on its own — keep it patched and logged and move on.

network services averages 2.6 across 2,014 ports — this one sits 1.6 below.

in transit

encrypted

payloads are protected on the wire

assignment

official

registered with iana for this service — scanners fingerprint it by number

reachable over

udp

udp is connectionless — source addresses are trivially spoofed and it is a reflection favourite

security overview

no security notes recorded for :43438 yet

known exploits, hardening advice, what a compromise looks like — suggest an edit if you know its exposure.

Record

iana registry entry

port: :43438
service: Homematic IP LAN Routing
transport: UDP
encryption: tls / encrypted
assignment: iana registered
risk: 1/10safe
category: Network Services IoT
usage: The IANA assignment identifies this as HmIP LAN Routing, a service associated with eQ-3's Homematic IP ecosystem. The registry does not specify the protocol details or a particular device that listens on it.
lookups: 0rank 993
added: 2026-10-20
updated: 2026-10-20
references: IANA service name registry — port 43438

Something wrong?

This record is maintained by the engineers who use port 43438. Every field on it is editable — change what's wrong, say how you know, and a reviewer publishes it, usually within a minute. Last touched 2026-10-20.

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risk mix of the 8 listed

caution100%

0 of 8 encrypted

Port :43438Homematic IP LAN Routing

Technical Details

Security Information

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Port 43438Homematic IP LAN Routing