Nmap -- No open ports when i try to work on a hackthebox machine (cap for example)

Hello guys, I am new here, I want to ask you if you have any idea why i can’t find an open port. I tries with cap and keeper machine, but no port! I use my kali computer terminal, i read about a VPN story but i didn’t understand it :slight_smile:

┌──(youssef㉿Youssef)-[~]
└─$ sudo nmap -p- -Pn -sC -sV -v -T4 (machine ip address)
[sudo] Mot de passe de youssef :
Starting Nmap 7.94 ( https://nmap.org ) at 2023-10-14 18:49 CEST
NSE: Loaded 156 scripts for scanning.
NSE: Script Pre-scanning.
Initiating NSE at 18:49
Completed NSE at 18:49, 0.00s elapsed
Initiating NSE at 18:49
Completed NSE at 18:49, 0.00s elapsed
Initiating NSE at 18:49
Completed NSE at 18:49, 0.00s elapsed
Initiating Parallel DNS resolution of 1 host. at 18:49
Completed Parallel DNS resolution of 1 host. at 18:49, 0.01s elapsed
Initiating SYN Stealth Scan at 18:49
Scanning 10.10.11.227 [65535 ports]
SYN Stealth Scan Timing: About 6.80% done; ETC: 18:56 (0:07:05 remaining)
SYN Stealth Scan Timing: About 13.88% done; ETC: 18:56 (0:06:19 remaining)
SYN Stealth Scan Timing: About 20.95% done; ETC: 18:56 (0:05:43 remaining)
SYN Stealth Scan Timing: About 28.03% done; ETC: 18:56 (0:05:11 remaining)
SYN Stealth Scan Timing: About 35.11% done; ETC: 18:56 (0:04:39 remaining)
SYN Stealth Scan Timing: About 42.20% done; ETC: 18:56 (0:04:08 remaining)
SYN Stealth Scan Timing: About 49.27% done; ETC: 18:56 (0:03:37 remaining)
SYN Stealth Scan Timing: About 56.35% done; ETC: 18:56 (0:03:07 remaining)
SYN Stealth Scan Timing: About 63.43% done; ETC: 18:56 (0:02:36 remaining)
SYN Stealth Scan Timing: About 70.51% done; ETC: 18:56 (0:02:06 remaining)
SYN Stealth Scan Timing: About 77.59% done; ETC: 18:56 (0:01:36 remaining)
SYN Stealth Scan Timing: About 84.67% done; ETC: 18:56 (0:01:05 remaining)
SYN Stealth Scan Timing: About 91.74% done; ETC: 18:56 (0:00:35 remaining)
Completed SYN Stealth Scan at 18:56, 425.94s elapsed (65535 total ports)
Initiating Service scan at 18:56
NSE: Script scanning 10.10.11.227.
Initiating NSE at 18:56
Completed NSE at 18:56, 5.01s elapsed
Initiating NSE at 18:56
Completed NSE at 18:56, 0.01s elapsed
Initiating NSE at 18:56
Completed NSE at 18:56, 0.00s elapsed
Nmap scan report for 10.10.11.227
Host is up (0.0057s latency).
All 65535 scanned ports on 10.10.11.227 are in ignored states.
Not shown: 65534 filtered tcp ports (no-response), 1 filtered tcp ports (port-unreach)

NSE: Script Post-scanning.
Initiating NSE at 18:56
Completed NSE at 18:56, 0.00s elapsed
Initiating NSE at 18:56
Completed NSE at 18:56, 0.00s elapsed
Initiating NSE at 18:56
Completed NSE at 18:56, 0.01s elapsed
Read data files from: /usr/bin/…/share/nmap
Service detection performed. Please report any incorrect results at Nmap OS/Service Fingerprint and Correction Submission Page .
Nmap done: 1 IP address (1 host up) scanned in 431.40 seconds
Raw packets sent: 131069 (5.767MB) | Rcvd: 4 (279B)

You need connect your machine to HTB VPN!

Just download the .ovpn from the menu (Right upper corner), and execute:

sudo openvpn ***.ovpn

and try again, good luck!

It works, thank you :slight_smile:

i noticed you have it figured out, but for future learners(like myself :slight_smile: ) i was able to speed up the process by using nmap -p- -T5 ##insert spawned machine IP here##