How To Ping Specific Port from Windows

You can check TCP/IP level communication between two hosts by using Test-NetConnection command.

Table of contents

1. Operating System Support
2. Syntax
1. Examples
  1. Example. 1
  2. Example. 2

1. Operating System Support

Server OS: Windows Server 2012 R2 and later
Client OS: Windows 8.1 and later

2. Syntax

Open PowerShell and run Test-NetConnection command.

Syntax

Test-NetConnection <hostname or IP address> -port <PortNumber>

Examples

Example. 1

To check if the port 443 of this site en.win2012r2.com is open or not…

PS> Test-NetConnection en.win2012r2.com -port 443                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           ComputerName     : win2012r2.com
RemoteAddress    : 49.212.180.105
RemotePort       : 443
InterfaceAlias   : Ethernet
SourceAddress    : 192.168.1.7
TcpTestSucceeded : True

The client can communicate with 443 port of en.win2012r2.com because the result of TcpTestSucceeded is True.

Example. 2

To check if the port 23 of this site en.win2012r2.com is open or not…

PS> Test-NetConnection en.win2012r2.com -port 23
WARNING: TCP connect to (49.212.180.105 : 23) failed

ComputerName           : win2012r2.com
RemoteAddress          : 49.212.180.105
RemotePort             : 23
InterfaceAlias         : Ethernet
SourceAddress          : 192.168.1.7
PingSucceeded          : True
PingReplyDetails (RTT) : 10 ms
TcpTestSucceeded       : False

The client cannot communicate with 23 port of en.win2012r2.com because the result of TcpTestSucceeded is false. However communication using ICMP is successful because ping PingSucceded is True.