How to check Windows firewall using netsh command line utility, to see if ports are open. (4046303)

Date: 03/07
Affected NV Version: ALL
OS Version: Windows
Plugin version: N/A
Application version: N/A

Description:
You want to check the configuration of your firewall, using netsh command line utility, the following will show you how you can check to see what ports are open on your Windows firewall, using netsh command line utility.

1. If you have Windows firewall configured to let NetVault through by opening a range of ports, check it with this command.

netsh firewall show portopening

Example

C:\> netsh firewall show portopening

Port configuration for Domain profile:
Port Protocol Mode Name
-------------------------------------------------------------------
20031 TCP Enable NetVault20031
20033 TCP Enable Netvault20033
20034 TCP Enable NetVault20034
20035 TCP Enable NetVault20035
20036 TCP Enable NetVault20036
20037 TCP Enable NetVault20037
20038 TCP Enable NetVault20038
20032 TCP Enable NetVault20032
53478 TCP Enable 53478
53478 UDP Enable 53478
53479 TCP Enable 53479
53479 UDP Enable 53479
20031 UDP Enable NetVault20031UDP
20032 UDP Enable NetVault20032UDP
20033 UDP Enable NetVault20033UDP
20034 UDP Enable NetVault20034UDP
20035 UDP Enable NetVault20035UDP
20036 UDP Enable NetVault20036UDP
20037 UDP Enable NetVault20037UDP
20038 UDP Enable NetVault20038UDP
139 TCP Enable NetBIOS Session Service
445 TCP Enable SMB over TCP
137 UDP Enable NetBIOS Name Service
138 UDP Enable NetBIOS Datagram Service

Port configuration for Standard profile:
Port Protocol Mode Name
-------------------------------------------------------------------
139 TCP Enable NetBIOS Session Service
445 TCP Enable SMB over TCP
137 UDP Enable NetBIOS Name Service
138 UDP Enable NetBIOS Datagram Service

Both TCP and UDP ports should be open for the range of ports you are using.