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   From: barmar@alum.mit.edu   
      
   In article   
   <60d3afc4-9a0d-4a01-bf76-e0bc7b426326@c20g2000yqj.googlegroups.com>,   
    SpreadTooThin  wrote:   
      
   > On Oct 24, 8:33 pm, Barry Margolin  wrote:   
   > > In article   
   > > <28a68dcd-5733-4200-a4d1-4b8e05128...@f16g2000prj.googlegroups.com>,   
   > >   
   > >  SpreadTooThin  wrote:   
   > > > I have a port server that spawns off connection servers.   
   > > > I was wondering if it is possible for the connection server to be on a   
   > > > different host.   
   > >   
   > > When a client connects to the port server, it sends back a response   
   > > containing the IP and port of the connection server.  The client closes   
   > > the first connection and then connects to the second IP and port.   
   > >   
   >   
   > ahh cool, so the IP address that the client connects to is not   
   > necessarily the same IP address that the client attempted to connect   
   > to.   
      
   Sure it is.  The client has to attempt a new connection, to an address   
   the first server tells it to switch to.   
      
   You need to design this into your application protocol, there's no   
   automatic redirection in TCP.   
      
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   Barry Margolin, barmar@alum.mit.edu   
   Arlington, MA   
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