Opening Multiple Ports on Windows Firewall

I was running into the same problem. It seems as though Windows Firewall will not allow you to specify a large range, such as 6881-6999, however, there is an easier solution than creating an exception for each port.

If you go into the "Windows Firewall with Advanced Security" Panel, you can select "Inbound Rules"; "New Rule" (located on the right side of interface); Under rule type select the radio for "Port" and hit next; Select the radio for "Specific Local Ports". This is where I opened up notepad and started typing the range out separating each port with a comma. When that is done, copy and paste the ports into the list for "Specific Local Ports" and hit next. This is the easiest way I have found. Easier than that would be to go into something like Excel for spreadsheet, and have it list all the ports separated by commas given the range 6881-6999. If you are savvy enough to do that anyway. I'm not sure of the semantics involved, as I had already typed all of them out before realizing there was an easier way.

Hope this helps, take care, and happy hunting %n. Long Live The Alliance!

Control Panel>System and Security>Windows Firewall>Advanced Settings[under left Control Panel Home]>Inbound Rules[under left panel]>New Rule[under right panel]>[select] Port>Next>Specific Local Ports

From here you can separate specific ports with commas as your first reply had noted, but there is no need to type in each separate one. If you notice in the examples of port numbers (Example: 80, 443, 5000-5010) under the selection box it shows that you can specify a range of ports using "-" located on your number/signs pad. Then select allow for all, though I doubt public networks needs to be allowed for these ports. Name your rule and presto, youre done!