How to find the port for MS SQL Server 2008?

Question

I am running MS SQL Server 2008 on my local machine. I know that the default port is 1433 but some how it is not listening at this port. The SQL is an Express edition.

Answer 1

In the ERROLOG log for a line like below. If you don't see it the SQL Server isn't enabled for remote access, or it is just not via TCP. You can change this via the SQL Server Configuration Manager.

Server is listening on [ 192.128.3.2  1433].