Re: /etc/services entries.

The collisions really aren't an issue. This is just the listener port. My understanding is that this works like telnet, ftp,etc. Once the connection is established, it moves to a different port. Besides these are not really "ports" but flags in a TCP header. <PROFESSOR MODE ON> The address is composed of network + host + port = socket. The "port" is not even evaluated until the packet hits the "host-to-host" layer which determines which process is waiting to accept delivery. Once the process has accepted the inbound packet, it spawns sub-process or lwt or forks and goes back to "listening". In Informix' case, it creates a session in the engine. Refer to the TCP/IP Protocol Suite Standard for a more in-depth discussion. <PROFESSOR MODE OFF> -d Tim Schaefer wrote in message <6c022l$641@camel15.mindspring.com>... >John wrote in message <01bd3672$81b77ee0$LocalHost@default>... >>Can anyone think of a reason why I can't re-use the same services numbers >>for engines on different physical servers ?? >> > > >You *can* do this, but from an enterprise network perspective I'd recommend >against it. The following example shows two servers with different tcp >ports identified. They will never collide across the network. > >