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Stingreen

11-17-2001 03:35 PM

Port qestions

Guys, this 65535 virtual ports thing, just special to MS Windows
or it also presents in linux too??
Kinda dummy question, sorry guys..
Thanks.

DavidPhillips

11-17-2001 09:56 PM

Have you used them all up already?

rootboy

11-17-2001 11:05 PM

Re: Port qestions

Quote:

Originally posted by Stingreen
Guys, this 65535 virtual ports thing, just special to MS Windows
or it also presents in linux too??
Kinda dummy question, sorry guys..
Thanks.

It's not a Linux/Windows thing, it's the processor that defines this. The x86 CPU has 65536 (0 to 65535) hardware I/O ports (nuthin' virtuous about them :) )

http://www3.sk.sympatico.ca/jbayko/cpu.html

John

Stingreen

11-18-2001 10:44 AM

Quote:

Have you used them all up already?

:D :D
Nope! But just curious.

Rootboy :
Thanks for the info.I thought OS makes these ports usable.

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