Check if port is open not using Test-NetConnection

Question

Hello,

I wrote script to check if ports one remote machines are open. For this task I use cmdlet Test-NetConnection doing its job in loop.
It works fine, but this is very slow solution. I need to check about 30 servers with full range of port and this takes about 48h...

And my question is - how can I speed up this process. I think that .net could help me this, but I'm not sure, and don't know how should I do this....

Ps. I know that is dedicated tool for that like nmap, but due to many different reasons I need to have my solution doing things which nmap can't do.

Best Regards

Answer 1

If all the ports you're testing use TCP and not another protocol like ICMP the try using .Net's System.Net.Sockets.TcpClient. Here's just one of the examples you can find: fast-tcp-port-check-in-powershell.html

You can also decrease the duration of your testing by introducing some level of parallelism into the process. Have a look at using Start-Job. Keep the number of concurrent jobs to a reasonable number (based on the capabilities of the machine from which you're running the script). Collect the data when the last job completes.

Answer 2

Hello,

Thank you for your question.

Additionally , I would suggest you to run Test-Connection script from multiple PowerShell windows or you can create multiple Task scheduler to run at multiple times for different servers .

You can also run the script on the servers having same subnet or same ip range so that it will speed-up.

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Answer 3

Hello,

Thank you both for your replies.
I looked at solution posted by @Rich Matheisen , and it look that it hits right in my needs ;)
I changed the TimeOut value to 1s and use parralell option, and now it is working significantly fast :)

Thank you both :)
Best Regards