What is the largest TCP/IP network port number allowable for IPv4?

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username picture username · Sep 22, 2008 · Viewed 399.1k times · Source

What is the highest port number one can use?

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Greg Hewgill picture Greg Hewgill · Sep 22, 2008

The port number is an unsigned 16-bit integer, so 65535.

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