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Old 11-17-2001, 03:35 PM   #1
Stingreen
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Guys, this 65535 virtual ports thing, just special to MS Windows
or it also presents in linux too??
Kinda dummy question, sorry guys..
Thanks.
 
Old 11-17-2001, 09:56 PM   #2
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Have you used them all up already?
 
Old 11-17-2001, 11:05 PM   #3
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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
 
Old 11-18-2001, 10:44 AM   #4
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Have you used them all up already?

Nope! But just curious.

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


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