Do I need to forward port 9982? Or did I not put enough info in my command like adding a user or password?  (coinbase address ommited)

E:\yen>minerd.exe -a yescryptr16 -o localhost:9982 -u user -p password --coinbase-addr=********
[2017-10-28 17:43:38] 1 miner threads started, using 'yescryptr16' algorithm.
[2017-10-28 17:43:39] HTTP request failed: Failed to connect to 127.0.0.1 port 9982: Connection refused
[2017-10-28 17:43:39] json_rpc_call failed, retry after 30 seconds
[2017-10-28 17:44:10] HTTP request failed: Failed to connect to 127.0.0.1 port 9982: Connection refused
[2017-10-28 17:46:22] json_rpc_call failed, retry after 30 seconds