Hey Suresh, some very basic TCP/IP here. u thought about the port number on the server, not on the client. well, it's the port number of the application on the client that'll differentiate btwn the 2 packets. -him
> -----Original Message----- > From: V_Suresh [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Tuesday, August 20, 2002 11:07 AM > To: LIH > Subject: [LIH]Packet identification between applications. > > > Hi, > > I want to know how two identical packets are differentiated and > given to the appropriate applications - to be more clear, suppose two > browsers are opened in the same machine, and both issue the same 'GET' > HTTP command to the same website. Then, the network packets will be > having the same source and destination address, and the same port > number(80, here). Now, when these two packets are sent, and the > resultant packets arrive to our machine, which again would be > identical, how is it that the kernel differentiates between the > packets and sends the correct one to the appropriate browser?? > > Hope I'm clear. > > -- > > V_Suresh. > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------- > This sf.net email is sponsored by: OSDN - Tired of that same old > cell phone? Get a new here for FREE! > https://www.inphonic.com/r.asp?r=sourceforge1&refcode1=vs3390 > _______________________________________________ > linux-india-help mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/linux-india-help > ------------------------------------------------------- This sf.net email is sponsored by: OSDN - Tired of that same old cell phone? Get a new here for FREE! https://www.inphonic.com/r.asp?r=sourceforge1&refcode1=vs3390 _______________________________________________ linux-india-help mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/linux-india-help
