Cannot connect to background rest server using port 5000 on hyper-v windows guest

Question

I have a hyper-v windows 7 guest. I also have a Rest server listening to port 5000 on this guest.
From the windows 10 host I can ping this VM. And I can ping the host from this VM.
I have added a rule to the firewall on this VM.
I'm using nmap to see if port 5000 is open on the VM, but I keep getting the status "filtered".
I cannot get port 5000 to open on this VM.
Any idea why the port 5000 cannot be opened on this VM?

Answer 1

Thanks for your answer, all is good now.

Answer 2

You could try with firewall off as a test to rule out or confirm a firewall problem.

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Answer 3

Yes, tried that. With firewall disabled, the port is showing to be closed.

Answer 4

Sounds like the service either doesn't listen on expected port or possibly some other device in route is blocking.

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Answer 5

Hi,

There are several links mentioned similar issue as yours. Maybe you could try these solutions to see if any one could help resolve your problem.

Ports refuse to open with firewall on or off
Problem with open ports in Windows Firewall
Why won't windows firewall open port
Firewall rules not working properly

Also, we suggested that you could use Telnet instead of nmap to test if the port is open or not.

Thanks,

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