Subj : Re: Echo Traffic To : Richard Town From : Ben Carpenter Date : Mon Mar 18 2002 01:03 pm -=> Quoting Richard Town to Ben Carpenter <=- RT> Ben, I ask questions in here but ne'er a reply ;( BC> Well if you questions still need to be answered try again. We have BC> had a few messages here lately. RT> RT> Yes, ports. What are they, how do they work, where in the great RT> scheme of things does port addressing occur, what governs the role of RT> each port number? Is there a list of commonly applied port numbers and RT> why does say port 23 invariably do one job and another a different job? RT> What is the role of 8080? RT> This inquisitive mind wants to know! As for just how they work I do not know, but as I was once told they are somewhat like a room with different doors. Every person uses a different door to go in and out of. No that is not just quite right either. Doctors use one door, school teachers use another door, and truck driver use yet another door etc etc. I know that is a simple explanation but that is the way it was once explained to me and I really have not studied it enough to learn more than that or to know if this is totally correct. .... Ben .... I am NOT lost. I'm just locationally disadvantaged. --- Blue Wave/DOS v2.30 * Origin: COMM Port OS/2 juge.com 204.89.247.1 (281) 980-9671 (1:106/2000) .