Robert Jones wrote:

Hi All

I'm new to Asio, and not a tcp/ip expert either, so if I'm approaching this all wrong then please tell me.

I have two process on one machine, one of which streams a file to the other. In fact there may be several 'others', but one other will suffice to phrase the question.

I need to dynamically select port numbers on which to stream the files to these other processes, based on whether that port number is available, and once the viability of using a particular port is established that port number can be communicated to the other process(es) by other means.

So, the code sequence I have is this. At what point can I detect that use of this particular port number is ok? Is it appropriate to use from_string("127.0.0.1"), or should I use some other form for local sockets?

Comments appreciated.

using namespace boost; using asio :: ip :: tcp;

unsigned short port = 2001;

asio :: io_service io; tcp :: endpoint endpoint( asio :: ip :: address :: from_string( "127.0.0.1" ), port ); tcp :: acceptor acceptor( io, endpoint ); tcp :: iostream socket_stream; acceptor.accept( * socket_stream.rdbuf( ) );

Thanks,

- Rob.

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_______________________________________________ Boost-users mailing list Boost-users@lists.boost.org http://lists.boost.org/mailman/listinfo.cgi/boost-users TCP servers usually have a predefined port number to accept connections from and the client that connects to the server gets allocated a client side port number by the underlying (network) operating system.

So you will create an acceptor (first process) and then connect your clients to it (other processes). Your connection details are unique when factoring server_ip:port and client_ip:port combinations. You should set the REUSE ADDRESS socket option on the server side so when restarting your server you will not have to wait for the FIN_WAIT state to clear on the last connected client before you can bind to the local socket (acceptor) again. You could use the examples in the asio section for the echo client and server as a nice framework and just build your streaming code into it. Your design considerations will need to look as blocking/non-blocking/asio socket operations as all of them have their advantages and disadvantages. Best of luck, Etienne