malebolgia Veteran Posted June 21, 2004 Veteran Share Posted June 21, 2004 I'm in the process of developing a small Java game. Long story short what is a Socket number I can use that isn't already occupied by Windows, Linux, BSD, and OS X? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 ramesees Posted June 21, 2004 Share Posted June 21, 2004 Usually anything above 1024 is free for personal use, although 1863 is used by MSN Messenger, and 5190 for AOL Messenger. I'm sure theres a whole list on the net somewhere, just have a look, but I'd imagine you could pick a port number such as 34562 and you'd be fine Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 kjordan2001 Posted June 21, 2004 Share Posted June 21, 2004 Usually above 10000 you'll have no trouble finding a port. Down lower is where you might have trouble. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 malebolgia Veteran Posted June 22, 2004 Author Veteran Share Posted June 22, 2004 Thanks guys. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Radium Posted June 23, 2004 Share Posted June 23, 2004 Port 1-1023 are often called "server ports", easy numbers that are used by services on servers. Port 1024 and above are called ephemeral ports, or "client ports". Free to use, but might be assigned to a service/protocol by IANA. There are also private ports that no operating system are supposed to use. Priavte ports can not be registered. The private ports, for both TCP and UDP are ranging between 49152 and 65535. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 M9IqpK4 Posted June 24, 2004 Share Posted June 24, 2004 27015-27030 - ports for half-life, cs, q3 games. Dont use this ports Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 scaredmogwai Posted June 24, 2004 Share Posted June 24, 2004 Usually anything above 1024 is free for personal use, although 1863 is used by MSN Messenger, and 5190 for AOL Messenger.I'm sure theres a whole list on the net somewhere, just have a look, but I'd imagine you could pick a port number such as 34562 and you'd be fine http://www.ec11.dial.pipex.com/port-num.shtml Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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I'm in the process of developing a small Java game. Long story short what is a Socket number I can use that isn't already occupied by Windows, Linux, BSD, and OS X?
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