Whats VPN? Products ¥ Support Blog My Account © Enclish How to find your port number De eee ea ee ss diferent sites and eed coon ee eee aces Follow the 3-step guide below to check your port numbers How to find your port number on Windows 1. Start your command prompt ipconfig 3. Next type netstat-a fora lst of your various port numb How to find your port number on Mac 1. Launch System Preferences 2 jetwork > Advanced 3, Click the Port Sean tab an Nowar OS x roleseas aro any able to access the Port Sean feature throuah What is a port number? ‘A port number is what is us ya specific ssage when its forwarded to your server. Depending on the type of service, it will be associated with one of wo different ports: UDP and TCP.What's the difference between UDP and TCP ports? TCP Ports: Short for Transmission Control Protecel, this method establishes a connection before sending the data, generally making it more rellabe. UDP Ports: Short for User Datagram Protocol. this method sends data packets without fst establishing a connection, generally making it faster. Why do you need to know your port number? Because certain software may use different types of ports, scanning your port ‘numbers can help when setting up firewalls and giving apps certain ——» TeP/upP __,, © Port Its also possible to see multiple ports at any given time for the same application. VPNs, for instance, are known to use multiple ports simultaneously. Common port numbers [Need more info on the types of ports? Here's a ist of some of the common port numbers for Windows. fyou'te a Mac user, you can also check Apple's list of common ports