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What is the maximum port available?
What is the maximum port available?
DondaejiDelightful
Wed Nov 20 2024
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I am trying to understand the range of ports available for network communication. Specifically, I want to know the highest port number that can be used.
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CryptoEmpireGuard
Fri Nov 22 2024
The maximum TCP port number assigned is 65,531.
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Elena
Thu Nov 21 2024
The reason for excluding 0 is its reserved use for specific purposes.
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Riccardo
Thu Nov 21 2024
The TCP protocol allocates 16 bits for designating the port number.
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Chloe_thompson_artist
Thu Nov 21 2024
These 16 bits are utilized to represent an unsigned integer.
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Martina
Thu Nov 21 2024
By calculating (2^16 - 1), we determine the highest possible port number.
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