I could be wrong but I think you mean "open a port" as in "configure the
computer to start listening to that port". Am I correct? If so, in order to
open a port you'll need to bind a listening service or application to it.
You cannot just open ports, you need something to listen to that port.
--
Sincerely,
Daniel Petri
MVP, Senior IT consultant, trainer
www.petri.co.il
"MBordelon" <MBordelon@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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> When I finally got the sytax correct, I get the mesage "The service has
> not
> been started". Is there a way to open a specific port when the firewall is
> turned off?
>
> "S. Pidgorny <MVP>" wrote:
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>> In the Windows Firefall, you mean? The command is "netsh firewall add
>> portopening ?" - that will display various options for opening ports
>> using
>> netsh.
>>
>> --
>> Svyatoslav Pidgorny, MS MVP - Security, MCSE
>> -= F1 is the key =-
>>
>>
http://sl.mvps.org http://msmvps.com/blogs/sp
>>
>>
>> "MBordelon" <MBordelon@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>> news:5FF600D7-4821-45C1-9248-3F06E39E5B94@microsoft.com...<span style="color:darkred">
>> > What is the command or procedure for opening specific ports in Windows
>> > Server
>> > 2003?</span>
>>
>>
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