I would like to know how to test from a windows2000 workstation whether a specific port on an AIX server is accepting connections or not. For example, if I am told that the ports 80, 443 and 8088 are opened and accepting incoming connections from my network, how do I confirm that?

Why not try using a web browser since 80 and 443 are http service ports? 8088 is frequently used as an alternate http port. Point your browser at the system. http://xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx https://xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx http://xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx:8088 You can also try to telnet to port 80 or port 8088 on the system. If the port is open, you will probably get this: telnet localhost 80 Trying 127.0.0.1... Connected to NSA. Escape character is '^]'. That's as far as you'll get. If you are going through a firewall, the telnet might not work. Jerry