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Check if a service is responding to a specific port with Power Shell

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Check if a service is responding to a specific port with Power Shell.

Steps….

  1. Open Power Shell — Open Windows Terminal with a Power Shell tab.
  2. Launch Test-Net-Gonnesion — Indicate the name or the target IP address and port to be tested.
  3. Read Tcp Tetsu Ticced — Real means that the tactile connection was established. indicates a failure.
  4. Continue diagnosis if necessary — Control the19th, the Service, the routing and the NAT if the test fails.

Commands

Test-NetConnection server.example.local -Port 443
Test-NetConnection 192.168.1.10 -Port 3389

Key takeaways

  • An open port does not guarantee that the application works properly.
  • Some services do not use the TITLE; a different test is required for UDP.

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