how to find the IP address with a open port reported by Fing

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• turbonemesis Member Posts: 18

  

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  July 2020 edited July 2020 Accepted Answer

  You could probably just go into your devices in the fing app and run a port scan on each individual device, that should tell you which device it is that is requesting that port to be open when you come across the device that also reports that exact port being open.
  
  If fing still can't resolve it's ip, you could always cross-reference fing's data with the data reported by your router or else another network scanner like Network Radar 2, LanScan, both of which offer free trials, etc; there are honestly a bunch of different network scanners out there that don't even require a download if you just google "port scanner" and if you know your public ip, you should be able to figure everything out one way or another.
  
  Lastly, Wireshark is a great tool for tracking open ports' origination and destination. In Wireshark, if you go up to view -> Name Resolution, and click all the boxes, you'll be able to filter on the exact port number in question and it will resolve the name of the device which is sending/receiving requests via your open port.
  
  You can filter by ports in Wireshark like this: (udp.port == 80 || tcp.port == 80) for the source ports or (udp.dstport == 80 || tcp.dstport == 80) for the dstport. You'll find there is a lot of different ports being used by different devices--most of which are all completely normal.
  

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• PeterFlehmig OfficeMember Posts: 3

  

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  July 2020 Accepted Answer

  Thanks for your answer, however it is some frustrating work to search the whole network for this open port. Most of the time it was not successful because the from Fing reported Port was closed in the meantime. This is a really interesting question if Fing will be able in the future to report an IP to an open Port, otherwise you will have no change to find the IP if the port is closed before you start scanning. Thanks

  Peter
  

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• turbonemesis Member Posts: 18

  

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  July 2020 edited July 2020 Accepted Answer

  I agree with you that it would be nice if fing showed more of the inter-device communications which may have led to that open port. If you are good with computers, you can always look into network intrusion detection systems, most of which would give you the granularity you seem to be looking for.
  
  Also, the port could just be open on your router itself. Like if you go into view (fingbox) => network => vulnerability test, that one is just testing your router. The open port could just be originating from your router itself. Regardless, you can always block open ports on your router by simply logging into its admin dashboard under firewall settings. That should block that port from being opened to the whole world at least. But I think you will find different ports are common and needed for certain devices on your network to function properly. 
  
  P.s. Check out little snitch as well, it's pretty awesome if you are most concerned about your computer. That and Murus2.

  

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