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Take into account that when executing WMI scans on large IP ranges, a No buffer Available Space exception may occur. This exception occurs due to the availability of TCP ports. The Dynamic Port Range is used by the client computer to connect to Well Known Port Services or Root Services. This Dynamic Port Range depends on the version of Operating Systems.
- Port Range: 1024-65535 - used by the computers running Windows XP, Windows 2000 Professional, and Windows Server 2003.
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- Port Range: 49152-65535 - used by computers running Windows Vista, Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008. By default, a fresh Windows Server 2008 installation will have this Dynamic Port Range configured.
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View the port range
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To see the port range you can use the following commands:
- NetSh INT IPV4 Show DynamicPort TCP
- NetSh INT IPV4 Show DynamicPort UDP
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Change the port range
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To set or change the Dynamic Port Range use the following commands:
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- Check the Dynamic Port Range using the above commands.
- If the number of ports is less than the given IP range, increase the port range using the above commands above.
- Run the scan again.
Other ways to increase the range of ephemeral ports
Windows 2003
Increase the range of ephemeral ports by setting the MaxUserPort TCP/IP parameter to a higher value like 32768 (setting the port range from 1024 to 32768).
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Redhat LInux 5
Increase the range of ephemeral ports by setting ip_local_port_range kernel value on /proc/sys/net/ipv4/ip_local_port_range. Use the command:
- echo "32768 65535" > /proc/sys/net/ipv4/ip_local_port_range
This will set the port range from 32768 to 65535.
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