Batch file to open a specific TCP port in Windows 7 / 2008 Server and up
Posted by jpluimers on 2015/09/18
Thanks to the answer by Kevin Richardson on How to open ports on Windows firewall through batch file, I wrote this batch file that uses the add command of the Netsh AdvFirewall Firewall Commands which requires Admin privileges to run:
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| :: open port (first argument passed to batch script, second argument is description) | |
| :checkPrivileges | |
| net file 1>nul 2>nul | |
| if '%errorlevel%' == '0' ( goto :gotPrivileges ) else ( goto :getPrivileges ) | |
| :isNotAdmin | |
| :getPrivileges | |
| echo You need to be admin running with an elevated security token to run %0 | |
| goto :exit | |
| :isAdmin | |
| :gotPrivileges | |
| netsh advfirewall firewall add rule name="Open Port %1 for %2" dir=in action=allow protocol=TCP localport=%1 | |
| :exit | |
| ::pause | |
| exit /b |
–jeroen
via: How to open ports on Windows firewall through batch file – Stack Overflow
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