What Is Netstat and What Is It Used For?

Netstat is a networking command that displays networking statistics. It can be used as a monitoring tool. Its syntax is very simple:

You can use it for debugging, troubleshooting, and optimization of your server.

There are a number of things that Netstat can show you:

  • open connections,
  • listening ports,
  • local IP addresses,
  • remote IP addresses,
  • routing tables, and a number of more things.

The network statistics ( Netstat ) command is a networking tool used for troubleshooting and configuration, that can also serve as a monitoring tool for connections over the network. Both incoming and outgoing connections, routing tables, port listening, and usage statistics and numbers are common uses for this command.

This article will give you information about what command will list only current connections, including IP addresses and port numbers.

 

How to List Connections and ports with Netstat

This table shows netstat commands for Windows OS:

 

[OPTION]

Command

Description

 

netstat

All active connections will be listed in a standard format.

-a

netstat -a

Displays all active ports

-e

netstat -e

Displays information about your network connection (received and sent data packets, etc.)

-i

netstat -i

The netstat overview menu will appear.

-n

netstat -n

Addresses and port numbers will be displayed numerically.

-p protocol

netstat -p TCP

The connections for the specified protocol, in this case, TCP, will be displayed (also possible: UDP, TCPv6, or UDPv6)

-q

netstat -q

Lists all connections, all listening TCP ports, and all open TCP ports that are not listening

-r

netstat -r

Displays the IP routing table

-s

netstat -s

Returns statistics for important network protocols like TCP, IP, and UDP.

 

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