Introduction
The article describes an easy way to find out the port allocation of the windows computer.
This is helpful to recognize which port is used by custo diagnostic server or other programs or services.
Command Line Tool "netstat"
Syntax
netstat [-a] [-e] [-n] [-o] [-p <Protocol>] [-r] [-s] [<Interval>]
Parameters
Parameter | Description |
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-a | Displays all active TCP connections and the TCP and UDP ports on which the computer is listening. |
-e | Displays Ethernet statistics, such as the number of bytes and packets sent and received. This parameter can be combined with -s. |
-n | Displays active TCP connections, however, addresses and port numbers are expressed numerically and no attempt is made to determine names. |
-o | Displays active TCP connections and includes the process ID (PID) for each connection. You can find the application based on the PID on the Processes tab in Windows Task Manager. This parameter can be combined with -a, -n, and -p. |
-p | Shows connections for the protocol specified by Protocol. In this case, the Protocol can be tcp, udp, tcpv6, or udpv6. If this parameter is used with -s to display statistics by protocol, Protocol can be tcp, udp, icmp, ip, tcpv6, udpv6, icmpv6, or ipv6. |
-s | Displays statistics by protocol. By default, statistics are shown for the TCP, UDP, ICMP, and IP protocols. If the IPv6 protocol is installed, statistics are shown for the TCP over IPv6, UDP over IPv6, ICMPv6, and IPv6 protocols. The -p parameter can be used to specify a set of protocols. |
-r | Displays the contents of the IP routing table. This is equivalent to the route print command. |
Redisplays the selected information every Interval seconds. Press CTRL+C to stop the redisplay. If this parameter is omitted, netstat prints the selected information only once. | |
/? | Displays help at the command prompt. |
References: https://docs.microsoft.com/de-de/windows-server/administration/windows-commands/netstat#parameters
Examples
Start cmd.exe with administrator rights and enter "netstat -ano"
result:
How can I determine the assignment of the port?
Search for the Port (here (1) "8080" for example) and the PID (here (2) "4260").
In the windows taskmanager you will find the process which uses the PID "4260":
Result: You find the process "tomcat8.exe" (Tomcat Server) is using the port 8080.