How to do "ping" with a specific target-port

In this article we'll shortly see how to doping against a host or IP but pointing a specific port.

It can be very useful to see if your container/application is alive, for example.

Using Powershell (windows)

We can use theTest-NetConnection function passing the port as a parameter, for example:

 Test-NetConnection <host-or-ip> -port <target-port>

WithcURL is untill simplier, just typecurl <host-or-ip>:<target-port>. Example:

curl 127.0.0.1:1433

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If you have telnet installed,telnet <host-or-ip> <port>

Whatever I do is making a program.

Notice the netcat too:

nc -zv [target-ip] [port]

Not sure if it's available on Windows

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