Would you like to learn how to open a UDP port using Powershell? In this tutorial, we are going to show you how to use Powershell to configure a UDP port in listening mode on a computer running Windows.

• Windows 2012 R2
• Windows 2016
• Windows 2019
• Windows 2022
• Windows 10
• Windows 11

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Tutorial Powershell - Opening a UDP port

As an Administrator, start a Powershell console.

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Create a Powershell script to open a UDP port.

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Edit the Powershell script.

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Here is the script content.

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Execute the Powershell script to open a UDP port.

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In our example, we configured a Powershell script to open the UDP port 999.

On a remote computer, connect to the UDP port.

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There are multiple ways to connect to the UDP port.

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All information received over the UDP connection will be saved on a text file named TEST.

This file is located on the root of drive C.

To close the UDP connection, send the QUIT command.

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Congratulations! You are able to open a UDP port using Powershell.