On the client you can use Windows PowerShell (For Windows 8/10) to see if the client can communicate over the port that is being used.


  • Open Windows PowerShell through the Start menu
  • Use the command "test-netconnection IPAddress -port 10106"
  • Replace "IPAddress" with your server's IP Address
  • Example test-netconnect 192.168.1.29 -port 10106
If you have changed the port being used through the CimService Monitor change "10106" to whichever port you selected.

This will test to see if the client computer has access to communicate over the port.  If it succeed that means that the client is able to use that port.

If it fails, this means that something is blocking the client from communicating over that port.  This could be anything from network permissions, security software, or router settings.  You will need to figure out what is blocking this port and get it allow access.