Suppose a process in Host C has a UDP socket with port number 6789. Suppose both Host A and Host B each send a UDP segment to Host C with destination port number 6789. Will both of these segments be directed to the same socket at Host C

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Nico Holland

Computers & Technology

15 February, 18:39

Suppose a process in Host C has a UDP socket with port number 6789. Suppose both Host A and Host B each send a UDP segment to Host C with destination port number 6789. Will both of these segments be directed to the same socket at Host C

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Karissa Strong · Answer 1

Yes, both of these segments (A and B) will be directed to the same socket at Host C.

Explanation:

Suppose both Host A and Host B each send a UDP segment to Host C with destination port number 6789, surely, both of these segments will be directed to the same socket at Host C.

Reason being that, the operating system will provide the process with the IP details to distinguish between the individual segments arriving at host C - for each of the segments (A and B) recieved at Host C.