Opening Local Firewall Ports on Windows 2008 Server
- Go to Start => Programs => Administrative Tools => Windows Firewall with Advanced Security
- Click on Inbound Rules , New Rule , Select Port
- Click Next
- Select whether the port is UDP or TCP , select Specified Local Ports and type the port number which you want to open
- Click Next
- Select Allow the connection option
- Click Next
- Click Next
- Type the Name of the port
- Click Finish.