ports 1052, 1053

[Lee]

We installed the RIGHTFAX software on a windows 2000
domain controller here. Everything was OK until we had to
reboot it. RIGHTFAX uses ports 1052 and 1053 for the
administrative tool, and now Windows is listening on those
ports. When we do a netstat, we get the following results
(where 'bdpinf1' is the name of our server, and
bdpinternational.com is our domain):

TCP bdpinf1:1052 bdpinf1.bdpinternational.com:0 LISTENING
TCP bdpinf1:1053 bdpinf1.bdpinternational.com:0 LISTENING

This server also serves as a DHCP and a WINS server.
Rightfax has told us that we need to figure out what is on
those ports and turn it off so that Rightfax can use those
ports. Does anyone know why Windows is listening on these
ports, and what traffic are these used for? Any help is
appreciated.

Lee

 

[Dave]

are you sure you don't accidently have two copies of rightfax trying to run?
did it perhaps install itself as a service and you are also trying to start
it from the desktop or startup group?

 

[Guest]

i don't believe so, but i could be wrong. The software
was actually installed by a consultant and our
telco/network admins, and it was working fine until the
reboot. The services are set for automatic startup at
boot, and we have stopped and started them multiple times
from the Enterprise Fax Manager Console as well as
services via win2k control panel. Windows still listens
on those ports, even when the rightfax services are
stopped. Is there any way I can tell if 2 copies are
running at the same time?

 

[Dave]

there are some tools out there that will tell you what process is listening
on a port. i think the sysinternals has one you can download, but don't
have the reference handy. maybe search this group for messages about
finding out what process is using a port and you will find it.

 

[John Wunderlich]

TCP bdpinf1:1052 bdpinf1.bdpinternational.com:0 LISTENING
TCP bdpinf1:1053 bdpinf1.bdpinternational.com:0 LISTENING

This server also serves as a DHCP and a WINS server.
Rightfax has told us that we need to figure out what is on
those ports and turn it off so that Rightfax can use those
ports. Does anyone know why Windows is listening on these
ports, and what traffic are these used for? Any help is
appreciated.

Get the freeware program TCPView from Sysinternals. It will show the
process that owns the port.

<http://www.sysinternals.com/ntw2k/source/tcpview.shtml>

HTH,
John