Check which ports are open on your VPS

You can check which ports are open on your VPS by doing the following:

  1. Login to your Windows Server using Remote Desktop
  2. Click the "START" button.
  3. Click "run"
  4. Type "cmd" (to run a command prompt)
  5. In the command promt, type: netstat -a

You will see a list of active connections. From this list you can see which ports are open (the column "state" will show the status of "listening").

For more information:

Se list of typical TCP and UDP ports on Wikipedia.

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