Are you saying you want to bind the source port of the TCP socket?

At first glance it does appear that node is lacking an interface to bind a 
socket to a specific source port or source address.

On Jun 20, 2012, at 12:46 PM, Fabian Korak wrote:

> Agreed, but for the Echo-algorithm, which identifies nodes using specific 
> routes (in my example ports) I need to explicitly set the port in order to 
> fulfil the requirements set for the project.
> 
> In the algorithm the code ends up looking like this:
> var nodes = [];
> nodes = {//some ports}
> 
> client.on('data',function(data)
>     {
>     for(var i = 0; i < nodes.length; i++)
>             {
>                     var sendNode = net.connect(nodes[i],function(){
>                         client.write('info');
>                     })
>                 
>             }
> 
> Am Mittwoch, 20. Juni 2012 18:39:24 UTC+2 schrieb Nathan Rajlich:
> Your server doesn't need to call net.connect() to connect back to the client. 
> You already have the connection with the "client" object, so you can just 
> call client.write() directly in the "data" event callback function.
> 
> On Wed, Jun 20, 2012 at 8:45 AM, Ben Noordhuis  wrote:
> On Wed, Jun 20, 2012 at 5:27 PM, Fabian Korak  wrote:
> > Hello, sorry for the double-post, google-mail interface decided to post
> > before I was finished...
> >
> > I'm currently working on an implementation of the echo-algorithm in
> > Node.js. I currently have code like this(a lot snipped obviously):
> > *
> > Initial Node:
> > *var own_port = 33333;
> > var start_port = 22222;
> > var sendNode = net.connect(start_port,function(){
> >             sendNode.write('info');
> >         })*
> > *//and typical listening code for listening on own_port
> > *Recieving Node:*
> > var own_port = 22222;
> > var back_port;
> >
> > var nodeServer = net.createServer();
> > nodeServer.on('connection', function(client)
> >     {
> >     client.on('data',function(data)
> >     {
> >     back_port = client.remotePort;
> >     var sendNode = net.connect(back_port,function(){
> >                         client.write('info');
> >                     })
> >
> > }
> >
> > nodeServer.listen(own_port);
> > As some of you now may have noticed is that node does not send on the same
> > port it listens. Is there any way to specify over which port
> > 'client.write()' sends, and if not, any alternatives or plans to add that?
> 
> No and no. No offense but your question doesn't make sense in the
> context of the TCP protocol. TCP is always connection-oriented.
> 
> 
> 
> 
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