Port 7237 (pads)

IANA assigns port 7237 to pads: PADS (Public Area Display System) Server.

Registered (user) port, 1024-49151 TCP

IANA assignment

Service nameProtoDescriptionAssigneeReference

pads TCP PADS (Public Area Display System) Server Willie Jan Bons -

Registry dates for this port: registered 2011-03-10.

Linux: is anything listening on TCP 7237?

sudo ss -tlnp 'sport = :7237'

Linux / macOS: which process owns the port

sudo lsof -nP -i :7237

Older Linux / BSD (net-tools)

sudo netstat -tlnp | grep ':7237 '

Windows (Command Prompt)

netstat -ano | findstr :7237

Windows (PowerShell)

Get-NetTCPConnection -LocalPort 7237 -State Listen | Select LocalAddress,OwningProcess

From another machine

nc -vz -w 5 HOST 7237

From Windows

Test-NetConnection HOST -Port 7237

ufw

sudo ufw deny 7237/tcp

iptables

sudo iptables -A INPUT -p tcp --dport 7237 -j DROP

nftables

sudo nft add rule inet filter input tcp dport 7237 drop

Windows Firewall

New-NetFirewallRule -DisplayName 'Block TCP 7237' -Direction Inbound -Protocol TCP -LocalPort 7237 -Action Block

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Assignment data: IANA port number registry (public domain), retrieved 2026-11-10.