Date: Wed, 10 Oct 2001 12:46:58 -0500 (CDT) From: Mike Silbersack <silby@silby.com> To: Nguyen-Tuong Long Le <le@cs.unc.edu> Cc: Alex Rousskov <rousskov@measurement-factory.com>, <freebsd-net@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: Connect(2) problem Message-ID: <20011010124421.E23388-100000@achilles.silby.com> In-Reply-To: <Pine.LNX.4.32.0110101315580.959-100000@le-cs.cs.unc.edu>
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On Wed, 10 Oct 2001, Nguyen-Tuong Long Le wrote: > Hello Alex, > > Thanks very much for your reply! > > Just our of curiosity, what is the use of > net.inet.ip.portrange.hifirst and net.inet.ip.portrange.hilast ? > > Thanks, > Long hifirst and hilast represent the range of ports that we should be using for outbound connections. If you need more ephemeral ports, change .first and .last to equal the corresponding hi values. For more background, read one of Stevens's books. (This is mentioned in UNIX network programming volume 1, I'd assume the tcp books cover it as well.) Mike "Silby" Silbersack To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-net" in the body of the message
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