{"id":2602,"date":"2017-06-20T05:29:08","date_gmt":"2017-06-20T05:29:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.testingdocs.com\/questions\/?p=2602"},"modified":"2025-03-12T03:14:21","modified_gmt":"2025-03-12T03:14:21","slug":"how-to-find-listening-ports-on-windows","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.testingdocs.com\/questions\/how-to-find-listening-ports-on-windows\/","title":{"rendered":"How to find listening Ports on Windows"},"content":{"rendered":"

How to find listening Ports on Windows<\/h1>\n

NETSTAT command is used to display network protocol statistics and the TCP\/IP network connections. The command has various command-line switches. -a option displays the listening ports on the Windows machine.<\/p>\n

NETSTAT command<\/h3>\n

The most useful command-line flags are the -a and -b<\/p>\n

-a displays the listening ports<\/p>\n

-b option displays the application that runs on the port. This option requires elevation. We need to open the command shell using Admin privileges.<\/p>\n

\"Netstat<\/p>\n

\u00a0netstat<\/code> Command Flags<\/h2>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Command<\/th>\nDescription<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n
netstat<\/code><\/td>\nDisplays active connections.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
netstat -a<\/code><\/td>\nShows all active connections and listening ports.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
netstat -n<\/code><\/td>\nDisplays addresses and port numbers in numerical form.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
netstat -o<\/code><\/td>\nShows active connections along with the Process ID (PID).<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
netstat -p [protocol]<\/code><\/td>\nDisplays connections for a specific protocol (TCP, UDP, etc.).<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
netstat -r<\/code><\/td>\nDisplays the routing table.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
netstat -s<\/code><\/td>\nShows network statistics by protocol.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
netstat -b<\/code><\/td>\nDisplays the executable responsible for each connection.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
netstat -an<\/code><\/td>\nShows all connections in numerical format.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
netstat -ano<\/code><\/td>\nShows all connections with numerical addresses and PIDs.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

Examples<\/h2>\n

To know which process listens on a particular port using the -b option. For example,<\/p>\n

\/> netstat -ab<\/strong><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

\"Listening<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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