Try netcat with a port you know works and is open just for verification.If the port is blocked you will be able to type something on the remote machine but you will not see anything appear on the listening machine.If the connection was successful you can type something on the remote machine and will see the same echoed on the listening machine.It allows you to read and write data over a network socket just as simply as you can read data from stdin or write to stdout. It's a wonderful tool for debugging all kinds of network problems. Use the following command where ip_address is the IP address of your Aspera server: Netcat is a simple networking utility which reads and writes data across network connections using the TCP/IP protocol.
#Install nc windows install#
After you install the Open NC File tool then you can run and test Open NC. Open up a command prompt and navigate to the directory with netcat. Open NC File is a windows tool for open nc files and extract data by using. Now try and connect from the remote machine.l means it should listen -u that it should use UDP and -p specifies the port. On your Aspera server open up a command prompt and navigate to the directory with netcat.
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Make sure the netcat files are present on both computers. Connect to both local and remote computer.The old Launcher installation file is BnSLauncherSetup.exe. That is the file you want to use to install the new NC Launcher.
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Then try to connect to the listening computer on the same port from the other computer. The new Launcher installation file is NCLauncher2Installer.exe.