Re: [Boost-users] Bind to first available port

Subject: Re: [Boost-users] Bind to first available port
From: Mathew Benson (mathew.benson_at_[hidden])
Date: 2009-10-30 16:26:26

Oh.  That makes sense.  I think that's how the native socket call is.   
Thanks.

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On Oct 30, 2009, at 12:35 PM, Rutger ter Borg <rutger_at_[hidden]>  
wrote:

>
> Mathew Benson wrote:
>
>> I know how to do this with Windows sockets, but how do I bind a UDP  
>> listen
>> socket to the first available port?  I want to send a packet from  
>> client
>> to the server to subscribe to data and tell the server what port to  
>> send
>> the
>> subscribed data to.  I don't care what port the client listens to.   
>> If I
>> hard code it, I can only run a single client on a PC.  I want to  
>> bind to
>> the first available one so I can run as many clients on the same PC  
>> as I
>> want.
>
> AFAIK, just bind to port 0 and you will get assigned a random port.
>
> Cheers,
>
> Rutger
>
>
>
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