Tag Archives: Firewall

Modifying the Scope of Windows Firewall Rules to Allow Connections Only From Selected IP Addresses

By Scott | Published: March 25, 2022

When configuring BatchPatch to work in your environment, you might have to modify your Windows Firewall rules on target computers to enable BatchPatch to work properly. As explained in this posting, BatchPatch will require inbound allowances on all target computer firewalls for File and Printer Sharing and Windows Management Instrumentation in order for BatchPatch to […]

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BatchPatch Ports

By Scott | Published: January 21, 2015

Remote connections in BatchPatch are established using a combination of WMI (Windows Management Instrumentation), SMB (Server Message Block) and PsExec. Additionally ICMP (Internet Control Message Protocol) is used for pinging. BatchPatch also needs access to the target computer’s administrative shares: ADMIN$ and IPC$. In order for PsExec and SMB to work properly… If you are […]

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Using BatchPatch with Windows Firewall

By Scott | Published: August 17, 2013

BatchPatch uses a combination of Windows Management Instrumentation (WMI) and PsExec to access remote computers, plus ICMP for pinging.  If you need to use BatchPatch in an environment where your remote computers have Windows Firewall enabled, here’s what you need to do to make everything work. (For specific information about port requirements, please see BatchPatch […]

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