QTcpSocket, how to set local port

Svirac

Hi guys,

I am working on TCPIP Client side.
The requirement is to connect to Server port: 8302 … but Client should use port: 8267.
I am aware that essentially server can establish connection only by listening his 8302 (regardless of client port number)… but in this case they require specific client port number.
For test purposes I have server application which accepts any client port.

Please see attached my source code, I am using using Qt 4.6.1.
I am assuming that setting local port should be done inside tcpclient.cpp, line 43 (slot_connectToServer() function).
Cannot access function bind or setLocalPort since they are private.

I am not advanced user, I apologize in advance if question is stupid :/

Any help is greatly appreciated…
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aha_1980

@Svirac

I was not aware you can set the "outgoing" port for a TCP connection. The operating system uses one of the free ports for this purpose.

Reading https://idea.popcount.org/2014-04-03-bind-before-connect it should be possible to do so at least on Linux. I have not searched for other operating systems, and I don't think there is something ready for that in Qt.

So if you get this to work, you will most likely have to use native API.

Regards

JonB

@Svirac
Have a read through https://forum.qt.io/topic/32596/set-a-local-port-to-a-qtcpsocket

Although the OP experienced some problems, I think that by the end he got it working from Qt?

From 2008(!), https://www.qtcentre.org/threads/11082-forcing-local-port-number-from-TcpSocket

This is currently not possible using the Qt API, no.
What you'd have to do if you really need to do this is to do the local
binding of a socket descriptor yourself and then set the socket
descriptor on the QTcpSocket afterwards using the setSocketDescriptor()
function.
We do plan to introduce this functionality at a later point though.

Of course, they may have introduced the functionality in the last ten years... ;-)

Svirac

Hi,

So is it possible to use bind or set local port on some latter Qt versions?

JonB

@Svirac
Is this question addressed to me?

If it looks like further support was never added, I am suggesting those links are still valid and show you how you may achieve it from Qt.

Svirac

OK I will try those links...
Appreciate your help guys...

If you find some more info please drop me a note....