Yup, there are lots of ports (for boats), ports (wine), ports (conversion to new platform), ports (hardware) and ports (soft). That's what makes asking google so much fun. We are talking IP ports here.

Source server has a tcp/ip port out of which it spews data. Currently local software connects to that port, processes the data into a database. Source port only allows single connection and we can't play with it.

Our idea is to have something running locally that will connect to source port, via TCP/IP, and then present the data to 2 local TCP/IP ports. Current software will then connect to one of these local ports. The other port is then free to connect another version of the client software, receiving the same data and the first.

One idea is to have the local port act as a forking server so we can connect lots of clients, each would receive the same data. It's the sort of thing you'd use tee for on pipes.

PS, all servers will be running Solaris. The source server and client software are proprietory code we have no control of. We can configure the client to connect to any source ip/port combination.

In reply to Re^2: Port duplicator by tweetiepooh
in thread Port duplicator by tweetiepooh

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