Reply to: How to check if a port is open

[wurzel]

Yes thanks a lot. The problem was , as somebody alluded to earlier, that there was nothing running on said ports. That's becuase when you install VMWare Converter Standalone, the remote access component isn't installed. What you have to do is run the set up program again and select modify / repair and select remote access. Seems totally bizarre that there is no option to do this on the initial install.

[administrator]

Sorry, should have seen DogTown was being a prat earlier, no need for that. Have banned. Can't see any connection to shewhomustnotbenamed but you never know... Thanks to you all for helping the OP out.

[digerido]

If you have a firewall between the converter\virtual center and physical machines you will also need 902 opened on the firewall.

If there isn't a firewall in place and even though 139 and 445 are opened as default on the physical OS it maybe worth trying disabling the windows firewall.

[Sysman]

Can you telnet to 445 and 139 on the original VM? From memory I think that 139 is not listening by default

139 is a NETBIOS port.
445 is a Microsoft-DS port (MS Directory Services).

Here's the IANA list of standard Port Numbers.

[JoJoGabor]

Can you telnet to 445 and 139 on the original VM? From memory I think that 139 is not listening by default

[blacjac]

Niether has this doggy, they clearly don't have a clue what they are talking about.....

[Platypus]

Well, you have been banned for quite a while, haven't you Lucy?

Lucy hasn't got the brains to comment on telnet and open ports

[NickFitz]

Which proves nothing, the OP had opened the PORTS... but to what? There is no way that being unable to Telnet to a port is proof that is closed!

NickFitz:~ NickFitz$ telnet forums.contractoruk.com 80
Trying 89.16.161.127...
Connected to forums.contractoruk.com.
Escape character is '^]'.
GET /technical/45397-how-check-if-port-open-2.html HTTP/1.1
Host: forums.contractoruk.com

HTTP/1.1 200 OK
Date: Sat, 08 Aug 2009 02:47:57 GMT
Server: Apache/2.0.55 (Ubuntu) mod_python/3.2.8 Python/2.4.4c1 PHP/5.1.6 mod_ssl/2.0.55 OpenSSL/0.9.8b mod_perl/2.0.2 Perl/v5.8.8
X-Powered-By: PHP/5.1.6
Set-Cookie: bbsessionhash=xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx; path=/; HttpOnly
Set-Cookie: bblastvisit=xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx; expires=Sun, 08-Aug-2010 02:48:17 GMT; path=/
Set-Cookie: bblastactivity=0; expires=Sun, 08-Aug-2010 02:48:17 GMT; path=/
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Port 80 on forums.contractoruk.com is open, I used a Telnet client to establish a connection, send the appropriate HTTP request, and get the page as a response. If I had been unable to use a Telnet client to do that, I would regard it as a reasonable assumption that port 80 was not open.

[NickFitz]

Sorry, I have no idea who that is!

Well, you have been banned for quite a while, haven't you Lucy?

[Zippy]

Sorry all, a little experiment of mine. I am no sock puppet, just some who registered quite some time ago. I'm sure Ferret and the admins can confirm this. I thought it would be interesting to apply insults, phrase's learnt, term's learnt in one night to see how the community reacted.

Its funny but my comments tonight to NickFitz are how I see you all talking to each other yet its only a problem when it comes from an outsider!

Maybe you should all lighten up eh, else continue to be twunts!!

I think the problem might be that you are labouring the point.

Twunt.

[DogTown]

Sorry all, a little experiment of mine. I am no sock puppet, just some who registered quite some time ago. I'm sure Ferret and the admins can confirm this. I thought it would be interesting to apply insults, phrase's learnt, term's learnt in one night to see how the community reacted.

Its funny but my comments tonight to NickFitz are how I see you all talking to each other yet its only a problem when it comes from an outsider!

Maybe you should all lighten up eh, else continue to be twunts!!

[DogTown]

Sorry, I have no idea who that is!

[Menelaus]

The enjoyment is almost overwhelming?! So your guess to whom I am, is?

Cybertwunt, perchance?

[DogTown]

The enjoyment is almost overwhelming?! So your guess to whom I am, is?

[RichardCranium]

New? No no dear friend, far from new

Indeed, most familiar. One of three. Probably just the one.

Welcome back.

Don't enjoy your stay.