Re: Can I use same port for sending and receiving in UDP

From:
"AliR \(VC++ MVP\)" <AliR@online.nospam>
Newsgroups:
microsoft.public.vc.mfc
Date:
Wed, 1 Apr 2009 14:18:26 -0500
Message-ID:
<17PAl.11190$jZ1.6507@flpi144.ffdc.sbc.com>
Yes, the client and the server. I have this 0 configuration thing, where the
client finds the server app running on the LAN. The client sends a message
in UDP broadcast on a particular port, and when the server gets that message
it responds with a "here I am" message to the sends ip using UDP on the same
port, have had no problems so far.

AliR.

"Joseph M. Newcomer" <newcomer@flounder.com> wrote in message
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For two different applications?
joe
On Wed, 1 Apr 2009 11:16:10 -0500, "AliR \(VC++ MVP\)"
<AliR@online.nospam> wrote:

I have used the same port number, and have never had any problems.

It normally won't get received by the sender unless you have loopback
turned
on.

AliR.

"Faisal" <faisalm83@gmail.com> wrote in message
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Hi,

I've an application which uses UDP Sockets for IPC.

My application communicates with another application through UDP
sockets. A fixed port number is used for this. Now I want to receive
the data send by the other application. Both application runs in the
same machine. Can I use the same UDP port for sending and receiving?

If so, is there any chance that the data sent by my application is
received by itself?


Joseph M. Newcomer [MVP]
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