Subj : VModem ports
To   : Bob Jones
From : Tommi Koivula
Date : Sun Nov 06 2005 05:19 pm


Saturday November 05 2005 10:37, Bob Jones wrote to Sean Dennis:

 SD>> Is there any way to have VMODEM listen on a different
 SD>> port besides 23 and 3141 (or whatever port it also
 SD>> listens to)?

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The Virtual Modem Protocol (VMP) that is implemented by Vmodem uses
TCP/IP Sockets.  The default port number used by Vmodem is 3141 (the
first 4 digits of pi, un-rounded).  However, this default port number
can be overridden by using the SERVICES file in the TCP/IP ETC
directory.  If the user defines a "Well-Known Port" called "vmodem"
(lower case) in the SERVICES file, then that port will be used instead
of 3141.  The port number 3141 has been assigned to the Virtual Modem
Protocol (VMP) by the Internet Assigned Numbers Authority (IANA).  The
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Funny way to set the port. :)

'Tommi

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