Setting source port on a Java Socket?

Question

I\'m very new to socket programming:

Is it possible to explicitly set the the source port on a Java Socket?

I am working on a client/server application in which

Answer 1

Yes, use the bind() method. This mirrors the bind() function available in most C-level socket implementations. Note that you can't always choose freely which port to use, on some system some ranges are reserved and considered off-limits to user applications.